Wednesday, June 02, 2010
when the things on earth grow strangely dim.
death is inevitable. it's a common fact but yet people choose to avoid talking about it. i always wonder why. perhaps it's the insecurity in facing death/life after death. death marks the end of one's life on earth. well, why do we always hold back? why is death a scary thought? what would be something that's worth living for?
with each passing day, we're nearer to death. to think of it, there's never a moment that we're closer to life. at the point of conception, the countdown timer begins.
deaths eats into the physical body. with death right in your face, what would be of utmost importance to you? i see the wasting away of a physical body, all frail and weak. helpless and weary, the others look on. who can give them hope in times like these? grief always surrounds at the passing away of someone. like chopsticks that always go in pairs, grief is an emotion that accompanies death as though they were inseparable. no man is spared. no one at all. even Jesus showed grief as He wept.
death is not an end by itself. still, many who do not know, seek it.
John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. do you believe this?"
no power of hell, no scheme of man can ever pluck me from His hand for i am His and He is mine here in the power of Christ i live