Death is a hard subject to discuss. It's even more difficult to face, particularly if you've no idea what's waiting "on the other side". It is a general belief that all good folk go to heaven, while exceedingly bad folks, like Hitler, Stalin and Bin Laden go to hell. But if there is not any certainty, the potential can be quite frighteningAs well as an unknown destination after death, there's a lot of other things which make death hard to deal with. Death means separation; separation from loved ones, from things one enjoys and well...everything.
It also means suffering. The majority leave this life through agony and suffering. It's not frequently one just closes their eyes, breathes their last breath and is gone without experiencing some kind of suffering. Regardless of whether one dies quickly in an accident, there can be scaring moments just prior to that which make their dying experience anything except pleasing.
A few years ago, my first husband was diagnosed with a quickly metastasizing brain cancer and given some months to live. When I asked him if he was afraid to die he said, "No, I'm not scared to die but I am really afraid of the process." That made sense to me. He expected, with great pleasure, what awaited him on the other side of death but knew the road he must take to get there would be full of great pain and suffering "and it was. Separation, suffering and the great unknown of death make it understandable why people fear it so. Yet, God's Word tells us death is a thing we needn't fear, not if we "live" right. How we live makes all the difference in how we die.
If one selects to live this life, for and by one's self, without God, then by their own choice, when their life ends, the sole energy source and strength they're going to have to draw on is their own. Sadly , they can quickly discover their private reservoir has nada to offer them and worse, they don't have any capability on their own to get to heaven.
Jesus is the only way to heaven.
Put simply, death doesn't have the last say. For all Followers of Christ, death isn't last. It is just a entrance to our real home, our ultimate destination, the place we were created for. In our eternal home, all suffering, sadness, discomfort and illness will end. We shall experience joy and pleasure like we have never known. Death, then, can essentially become something we anticipate rather than fear due to where it will take us.
Even the method of dying loses its frightening grip when one walks that journey with God, instead of on their lonesome.
It also means suffering. The majority leave this life through agony and suffering. It's not frequently one just closes their eyes, breathes their last breath and is gone without experiencing some kind of suffering. Regardless of whether one dies quickly in an accident, there can be scaring moments just prior to that which make their dying experience anything except pleasing.
A few years ago, my first husband was diagnosed with a quickly metastasizing brain cancer and given some months to live. When I asked him if he was afraid to die he said, "No, I'm not scared to die but I am really afraid of the process." That made sense to me. He expected, with great pleasure, what awaited him on the other side of death but knew the road he must take to get there would be full of great pain and suffering "and it was. Separation, suffering and the great unknown of death make it understandable why people fear it so. Yet, God's Word tells us death is a thing we needn't fear, not if we "live" right. How we live makes all the difference in how we die.
If one selects to live this life, for and by one's self, without God, then by their own choice, when their life ends, the sole energy source and strength they're going to have to draw on is their own. Sadly , they can quickly discover their private reservoir has nada to offer them and worse, they don't have any capability on their own to get to heaven.
Jesus is the only way to heaven.
Put simply, death doesn't have the last say. For all Followers of Christ, death isn't last. It is just a entrance to our real home, our ultimate destination, the place we were created for. In our eternal home, all suffering, sadness, discomfort and illness will end. We shall experience joy and pleasure like we have never known. Death, then, can essentially become something we anticipate rather than fear due to where it will take us.
Even the method of dying loses its frightening grip when one walks that journey with God, instead of on their lonesome.
About the Author:
Burton Rager writer of"Living Life Set Free" and "God's Answer?" Click to learn how to deal with death and receive a complimentary copy of "God's Answer?"
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