Death & Life

By Dwayne Hicks | September 26, 2014 |

DevastatedI have never been a fan of death. I have had some very dear people I love dearly die and it’s quite painful to deal with. I had a high school friend die. I’ve experienced the death of my grandparents and the grief I felt was really powerful. I don’t pretend to imagine the pain of a parent grieving the death of a child. I can see where that would hard to put that pain and struggle into words. Every now and then I come across a passage of scripture that puts things in a different perspective. Check this out…

 1 So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them. 2 All share a common destiny – the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not.
7 Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do. 8 Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil. 9 Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun – all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun. 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom. (Ecclesiastes 9:1-2;7-10 NIV)

 

I’m not introducing some monumental truth here. As long as I’ve been alive there has always been a chance that I could die early. I’ve known this at some cognitive level for many years. Now that my 50th birthday is in my rear view mirror, I’m even more aware of the end of this life. I’ve really tried to make my life count and invest in eternity. I don’t believe that this life is all there is. I believe in God the Father. I believe in Jesus Christ. I believe in the eternal life. I believe in heaven.

So I will not fear death, but rather embrace it as a gateway to eternal life for everyone who knows the Lord. I want to be strong in the face of death because it is really not the end.

Pressing On!
Dwayne
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