The Word of God is an incorruptible seed (1 Pet. 1:23); death does not destroy that seed, but it is hidden in the hearts of God’s people, and in His own good time He will quicken it into new life.

Gerhard, J. (1896). Gerhard’s Sacred Meditations. (C. W. Heisler, Trans.) (p. 252). Philadelphia, PA: Lutheran Publication Society.