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Death is a difficult subject to speak about. It's even more tough to face, especially if you've got no concept what is waiting "on the other side". It's a popular belief that all good people go to heaven, while very nasty people, like Hitler, Stalin and Bin Laden go to hell. But if there's no certainty, the possible can be quite scaringIn addition to an unknown destination after death, there is plenty of other items that make death hard to address. Death means separation; separation from family and friends, from things one enjoys and well...everything.
It also suggests suffering. The majority leave this life through discomfort and suffering. It is not often one just closes their eyes, breathes their last breath and is gone without experiencing some form of suffering. Even if one dies quickly in an accident, there can be horrifying moments just prior to that which make their dying experience anything but nice.
Several years gone, my first hubby was identified with a quickly metastasizing brain growth and given just a couple of months to live. When I asked him if he was frightened to die he revealed, "No, I am not afraid to die but I'm very terrified of the process." That sounded correct to me. He forecasted, with great joy, what awaited him on the opposite side of death but knew the road he must take to get there would be filled with great discomfort and suffering "which was. Separation, suffering and the great unknown of death make it comprehensible why folks fear it so. Yet, God's Word tells us death is something we need not fear, not if we "live" right. How we live makes all of the difference in how we die.
If one chooses to live this life, for and by one's self, without God, then by their own choice, when their life ends, the only source of power and strength they will have to draw upon is their own. Unfortunately , they will quickly discover their personal reservoir has zip to offer them and worse, they have no ability all alone to get to heaven.
Jesus is the only real way to heaven.
To explain, death no longer has the last say. For all Believers in Christ, death is not final. It is simply a doorway to our real home, our final destination, the place we were made for. In our endless home, all suffering, unhappiness, agony and disease will end. We intend to experience joy and delight like we have never known. Death, then, can actually become something we anticipate instead of fear because of where it'll take us.
Even the process of dying loses its terrifying grip when one walks that journey with God, rather than all alone.
It also suggests suffering. The majority leave this life through discomfort and suffering. It is not often one just closes their eyes, breathes their last breath and is gone without experiencing some form of suffering. Even if one dies quickly in an accident, there can be horrifying moments just prior to that which make their dying experience anything but nice.
Several years gone, my first hubby was identified with a quickly metastasizing brain growth and given just a couple of months to live. When I asked him if he was frightened to die he revealed, "No, I am not afraid to die but I'm very terrified of the process." That sounded correct to me. He forecasted, with great joy, what awaited him on the opposite side of death but knew the road he must take to get there would be filled with great discomfort and suffering "which was. Separation, suffering and the great unknown of death make it comprehensible why folks fear it so. Yet, God's Word tells us death is something we need not fear, not if we "live" right. How we live makes all of the difference in how we die.
If one chooses to live this life, for and by one's self, without God, then by their own choice, when their life ends, the only source of power and strength they will have to draw upon is their own. Unfortunately , they will quickly discover their personal reservoir has zip to offer them and worse, they have no ability all alone to get to heaven.
Jesus is the only real way to heaven.
To explain, death no longer has the last say. For all Believers in Christ, death is not final. It is simply a doorway to our real home, our final destination, the place we were made for. In our endless home, all suffering, unhappiness, agony and disease will end. We intend to experience joy and delight like we have never known. Death, then, can actually become something we anticipate instead of fear because of where it'll take us.
Even the process of dying loses its terrifying grip when one walks that journey with God, rather than all alone.
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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