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death
ok.. heres my problem/question... ???
when iw as younger i used to feel like death was something to fear... like it was something that i never wanted to face... but now certain things have changed my view on that ... i kinda feel like death is jsut something that happens.. like a normal turn in life.. i dont know im just not scared of it anymore.. .its jsut THERE.... i dont knwo i think of deaht now and im like.. o that thing... my feelings towards death r like indeifferent.. liek i dont care when or how i die.. .. is that normal? are we supposed to be scared?..i dont know if what i said made any sense to any1 but if u can help or relate dont hesitate to answer please .....
when iw as younger i used to feel like death was something to fear... like it was something that i never wanted to face... but now certain things have changed my view on that ... i kinda feel like death is jsut something that happens.. like a normal turn in life.. i dont know im just not scared of it anymore.. .its jsut THERE.... i dont knwo i think of deaht now and im like.. o that thing... my feelings towards death r like indeifferent.. liek i dont care when or how i die.. .. is that normal? are we supposed to be scared?..i dont know if what i said made any sense to any1 but if u can help or relate dont hesitate to answer please .....
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,"having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, that is far better"Philippians 1:23 ,
"For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's." Romans 14:8,
"If I walk in the valley of the shadow of death I shall fear no evil, for you are with me" Psalm 23
..so really there is nothing to fear because life in heaven is definetly much better than life here on earth
However, if we know that we are not prepared yet, as we should be, "Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. " Matthew 24:42 we should be afraid because no one knows when they will die, so we really should be afraid and repent from our numerous sins, "repent for the kingdom of God is at hand"
in the same way, how can we accept the good things in life and not the bad, the happiness and not the saddness, the life and not the death...
"wat is life but a vapour that appears in the earth and then vanishes" (Abouna Mikhiel Ibrahim) our body is just a prison for our soul, we are the ones who are dead, we are dead on this earth, life, true life starts after death, in paradise... the dead are all lucky they are alive and we are the ones who are dead, if we live a Godly life close to God, death shouldnt be feared, but looked forward too, think about all the holy fathers and saints, who craved death, as they knew they were going be in the bossom of Christ.
the ones who should fear death are the ones whom st Paul speaks of in the Book of Corinthians, the ones who shall not enter the kingdom fo GOd:
"Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God"
1 corinthians ch 6 v 9-10
those my beloved are the ones who should fear death.
As i said before, for me death has a new meaning, i can not cry for my family that pass away, i feel it is too selfish, we must be joyful and not mourn.
The only time i do cry at funnerals of people i know, is if i have doubt that there with GOd.
When I first saw this thread, I was going to give my opinion on it, but I think you two did a greater job than I would have done!
I just would like to add a new perspective, what if we could forget about death for a while... and ask God to give us a taste of heaven right here on Earth!
It gives me a great feeling everytime I think about how the Saints were living on Earth, but not really on Earth... they were tasting heaven right here! I think for them death wasn't even a subject to worry about...or as you guys said, it was their wish!
I personally like Abouna Abdel Massi7 el Manahri, his life was a lesson and a model for anyone who wishes to taste heaven on Earth! Everytime I start thinking about the hardship of life or what death is like... I remember Abouna Abdel Massi7 and think to myself, everything will be fine if I can taste what he has tasted and put all my worries with God. It was not easy of course for Saints to reach that, and we know it will be a hard thing to get to, but it still gives us motivation and keeps us focused!
Sorry if I was too personal here, but I just think that was a great subject and I wanted to share my thoughts with you all... Thanks!
I think it is a good topic to discuss. Everything in the world has
an end. So it is good to see what in the Bible about that which
remembers us. All the Saints and martyres knew this fact. They
gained the eternal life and suffered too much for that. We see
that Saint George suffered 7 years. We hope to realise this
fact and by their prayers can live the Christian life.
there some sort of conspiracy goin on here!!!
thankss
wont happen again
teenager....is with you now
well personally I used to not be so scared of death when I was younger..I figured thats its something that has to happen to every1 ..as u said..and well if we are good then when we die we will just be in heaven with Jesus..so death cant be bad
....I am more afraid of death now than before...well..I just dont know...Im not ready...I upset Jesus so many times by many sins...and eternity is where we are spending the rest of our lives...so I just dont want it to be spent down there.....
its awsome if ur ready, look forward to it.
terrible if ur not ready repent!
but i think i sorta mentioned that in my above post,
sorry i guess i didnt do much :-[
well...I think that if we know that we are prepared..to be with God..then death should not scare us, because if we have walked in His footsteps, if we have followed the way that will lead us to Him, if we have truly repented from the sins that we have done, then why should we fear death? As, St. Paul says, "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." Philippians 1:21
,"having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, that is far better"Philippians 1:23 ,
"For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's." Romans 14:8,
"If I walk in the valley of the shadow of death I shall fear no evil, for you are with me" Psalm 23
..so really there is nothing to fear because life in heaven is definetly much better than life here on earth
However, if we know that we are not prepared yet, as we should be, "Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. " Matthew 24:42 we should be afraid because no one knows when they will die, so we really should be afraid and repent from our numerous sins, "repent for the kingdom of God is at hand"
wow high five 4 u!!
awsome work princess mary u helpped heaps!!
im kind of looking forward to death but at the same time im not. i mean im afraid of judgement day because of my many sins...but at the same time it'll be the end of all the problems here on earth and we get to be with Our Lord Jesus in heaven. this is prolly not wut ur looking for, but thats my opinion on the matter...
GOD BLESS ALL! :-*
GOD BLESS ALL! :-*
GOD BLESS ALL! :-*
GOD BLESS ALL! :-*
and besides; when we all go to heaven, we will recognize eachother and spent eternity with eachother, so its just a short time untill u see them again...and in meanwhile u will see all the people who died before, ur relatives, friends, all the saints, so i dont really think its something to worry about :)
GOD BLESS ALL! :-*
GOD BLESS ALL! :-*