Do you fear death?
I love the trilogy of Pirates of the Caribbean. One thing that echoes in my mind is Davy Jones saying “Do you fear death?” There were so many people willing to serve on his crew to postpone death.
I’m currently reading a series of books about family of seven siblings. The youngest has cancer on her spine. She has the faith that God can heal her, but she also knows that if He doesn’t, she’ll be in a far better place. Though her family believes death is close for her, she’s not afraid.
What about you? Do you fear death? Honestly, I can’t wait for heaven. I’m tired of seeing and experiencing pain and suffering. I’m tired of watching people destroy their lives with drugs. I’m tired of the anger, bitterness, and pain that comes from divorce. I’m tired of watching people destroy their lives because of sexual immorality leading to STDs or unwanted pregnancies.
Do not fear death. There’s something far better than our lives on earth. Christians have heaven to look forward to…
August 17th, 2007 at 11:33 am
Yeah! This has actually been on my mind for the past couple days! I’m so excited to get to Heaven, but I also know that I’m here for a reason, and God will use me throughout my life, and when my role in his great plan has been completed, he’ll take me up to be with him!
January 30th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Hmmm…. what if your wrong? I do not grudge the faithful among us to believe there is a heaven… and i understand then if you believe such there should be nothing to fear. But do you not fear being wrong about heaven, do you not fear dying early and it not being what you expect? be it nothingness (what is then to fear? which is my own belief) be it something else, I can’t really fathom how we can truly know, maybe its not nice? I as a atheist don’t know what to expect as a well i haven’t the faith to believe that there is any place for my existance to go when i’m gone, if there was it would be so very crowded with all the death over the years, what would heaven be to a baby who died in their cot? they exist and live just as we but would they be a baby in heaven, would they become adult in mind with nothing to remember but those very vague moments as an infant. I lost faith in believing in things beyond this world when I started to scrutinise it. Is that the key to belief, not to ask the questions that would make it hard to believe? Don’t think of me as an antagonist, I respect your thoughts but am I allowed to ask, I know of no-one close to me who is religous to ask these things.