Fear NotSample
I'm Afraid of Death
Death is creepy. Every film that calls itself a horror movie has death in it. A casket is not a happy symbol in our culture, is it?
When people shuffle in line past a grieving family at a wake, their words usually sound sad. "I’m so sorry." "My deepest sympathy." "How hard this must be for you." People put on black clothes to show how grave and sad they are. How can we not dread this experience for our loved ones or for ourselves?
David was a brave man, maybe the bravest in the whole Bible. But death scared him too: "My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death assail me" (Psalm 55:4).
Death seems to make it certain that the body will never move again, that the heart will never beat nor the lungs breathe again. The mind will never think again nor feel any emotion again. Death seems final, the final blow, Satan’s last laugh.
Lord, have mercy upon us!
(Read the next devotion for God's reassurance.)
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About this Plan
What are you afraid of? God has spoken over and over again to fearful people. His angels repeatedly say, "Don’t be afraid." This reading plan contains pairs of devotions. The first devotion in a pair voices a fear that plagues many of us. The second devotion contains God's words of reassurance and comfort.
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