Jan
8
2010
I Am Not Afraid Of Death
Author: siggyI am not afraid of death. Not as much any more. I have to live my life. No one know when that appointed hour will come for sure. What is worse is not living your life to the fullest. That is worse than death.
The prospect of my demise became closer. I had to look at it and face my fears. There is always the fear of suffering and becoming helpless. All I could do was grab the control that was in my reach and leave the rest to the Almighty.
Maybe it would be more accurate to say that I feared the grim reaper less. I wanted my wife to be in the best situation financially as she could be: wills in place, etc. She also trusts the Lord.
That really is your only source of comfort: God is in control and you can rely on Him. When you realize that, death is less threatening and you can put down your guard. Every one faces death. You are not alone.
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January 8th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
Nice sentiment, Siggy. It’s nice to find others who are not afraid of their faith in public.
January 8th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
Dear Cat Woods,
It is not hard: I like a line from a song of Ian Anderson(from Jethro Tull): ‘I want to be with the people who I can be what I want to be.’ You can’t pick your relatives but you can pick your friends. I am who I am. I do not have to hide it. You generally know what is going on with me. I am all out there. I learned to be that way. And my poetry is that way. It is all out there. People always relate to your honesty. People are more alike than different. It took me a lifetime to get there. My journal keeping since the late sixties has helped. I write about anything that is on my mind, any thing that is bursting to come out–the painful as well as the humorous and anything in between. God has endowed me with curiosity and a sense of wonder. I like what Albert Einstein said, ‘There are two ways to view the world. Either each day is an miracle or not.’ That is a paraphrase.
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