How does the prospect of death...

Death is inevitable. We see others die. Some people live long lives and even extend them through lifestyle choices. Others die young. How does the prospect of death make you feel?

@fmf said
Death is inevitable. We see others die. Some people live long lives and even extend them through lifestyle choices. Others die young. How does the prospect of death make you feel?

Then you think of people who die at very young ages from illnesses or freak accidents, who die really before their lives have begun and who never experience the joys that come with growing older, and you wonder how to make sense of their lives and deaths.

@pb1022 said
Then you think of people who die at very young ages from illnesses or freak accidents, who die really before their lives have begun and who never experience the joys that come with growing older, and you wonder how to make sense of their lives and deaths.

@fmf said
A lot of people I know make sense of it by imagining/ hoping/ believing that the deceased have gone to "heaven".

@pb1022 said
Oh I understand that.

But what of people who got to live long and meaningful lives and also go to Heaven, who got to experience high school, driving a car, getting married, having kids and grandkids, etc.

The person who dies at a very young age experiences none of that (but also doesn’t experience heartache either.)

But for the person who dies after living a long and ...[text shortened]... nd who ends up in Heaven and the person who dies young and ends up in Heaven, something seems amiss.

@fmf said
Death is inevitable. We see others die. Some people live long lives and even extend them through lifestyle choices. Others die young. How does the prospect of death make you feel?

@kellyjay said
I'm no longer concerned about it, and part of me is looking forward to the other side. I believe in Jesus Christ; He conquered death, He laid down His life for us so we could be saved. I have family and friends already there, and I have them here too, and here I know what losing a loved one feels like, been there done that, so I'm in no hurry because I of what those behind would endure.

@fmf said
This sounds like a recipe that works for you.

@kellyjay said
I was lying in a hospital bed about three times now, not knowing, and never worried.

@fmf said
I would be worried about the people I'd be leaving behind if I were to die.

@kellyjay said
I have faith in God, He doesn't need me to take care of anyone, but I know what we go through when we lose someone close we love; that isn't something I'd want to put on anyone. I think the Sovereignty of God gives me hope where it used to cause me to worry as I stressed over getting everything right. I still want to do right, but in the end, I want to hear, "well done, my g ...[text shortened]... erciful for Jesus' sake, not ours or anyone else; we are not worthy and would ruin it at some point.

@fmf said
What does all this stuff you've typed have to do with the post you were responding to?

"I would be worried about the people I'd be leaving behind if I were to die."

@kellyjay said
Didn't you ask about the prospect of death, and you wonder now why I posted about how I feel about the prospect of death? I can worry about those I'd leave behind, but nothing stops terrible things from happening even being here. I'm not the Almighty, so worry is something I go to Him with.

@fmf said
You said you were lying in a hospital bed about three times, not knowing, and you never worried. But now you're saying you WERE worried about the people you would leave behind. Which one is it? I am the breadwinner in my family and two people I'd leave behind are dependent on me. You seem to be suggesting that if I had faith in God, He wouldn't need me to take care of anyone... o ...[text shortened]... his strikes me as a peculiarly egocentric take on family, loved ones, and people you'd leave behind.