Only God has the tools to work magic on death's power. The tool that God has is His eternal almighty power. The tool that God has is the resurrection of His Son Jesus, who endured death, even as we must, but by the power of God was resurrected from the dead, having conquered deaths final power. In the resurrection, we believe God has made death into a gateway to eternity. In the Resurrection, God said that death is not the final word on life, but that death is the gateway to the next life.
Death always comes as a shock.
It doesn't matter how long it has been expected, or how well you've prepared for it, or how many times you've rehearsed in your mind what that moment might be like, or how much you've stayed yourself for its coming, it always comes too soon. It always comes at the wrong time. But death is a fact. It draws us up short. It causes pain, and grief and separation.