Death Without fear

Death-the great unknown. Everyone fears death-at least a little. After all the living have never experienced it before.

Even as a Christian and with the assurance that after I die I’ll spend eternity with my savior I still catch myself a little afraid. It’s only natural.

I know it is inevitable. It’s not so much death itself that troubles me it is the thought of the pain I might suffer before I die. I also can’t imagine not being with my wife and kids. I worry about my wife and how she’ll fare after I’m gone.

I also don’t want my wife to die-I know I’ll be devastated-but, I’ll survive. Everyone does when a loved one dies.

What’s after death? Where will I be? Will I be anywhere? Do I simply cease to exist?

That’s some of the questions people ask when they ponder their own death or of someone they love.

In Death Without Fear, author L. Saxon Elliott, PSY. D. and Toplight/McFarland & Company Inc., Publishers, readers have at their fingertips the collective wisdom for making peace with mortality.

Western culture typically denies and avoids the subject of death.

Containing over four decades of experiences and a collection of answers as provided by religions, professionals, individuals and philosophies the author seeks to provide emotional tools to deal with death.

I am now in my early 70s. I know that statistics for males is that most men die in their 70s and 80s. I don’t have a lot of time left. But, why worry about it?

There is nothing I can do to prevent my death so I figure that I might as well make the best of the life I have left.

Death? It’s just another part of life.

Psalms 34:4 - I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.