Posted on 07/01/2010 7:52:13 AM PDT by Patriot1259
Luke 12:4 "I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.”
Death is certain, life is not. As a species we are the most infatuated with death than any other that walks the planet. We have bucket lists, we pile our money into accounts, and as Christ points out, we live in fear of those who might do us harm. So many of us come into this world kicking and screaming, and go out the same way. We hold on so tightly to this world that we cannot grasp the blessings God has in store for us. We will all pass from this world, we will all be called home….but that is what so many often forget.
We are going home, we are not being taken from our home here on earth! As a result we should lead a fearless life. We should recognize that there is nothing, and no one that can do anything to us here that amounts to much in the big picture. The One to fear, loves us, and already knows what we are capable of. ...
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as was once said by a maidservant of a great artist: One of the worse places to be is at the deathbed of an atheist.
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