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Heidi:
If anything then this is where I feel comfortable in discussing things with my brothers and sisters because I know that I will get heavenly advise.......I have a real fear of dying.....not that I don't know that I will be sleeping, it is just the thought of what I am leaving behind.....lets be honest, I enjoy living.....it is awesome to be alive!

I know that this is an idol of the heart and I pray to God to help me to overcome this fear because there is really nothing to be scared about.....but still I am.  And I also feel guilty because Paul writes and says "for me to live is Christ and to die is gain".  I pray to get peace about this and to overcome this.

Please.....if anyone can give me advise I would appreciate it.....and prayer

EKnight:
Hi Heidi,

I can't advise you I can only agree.  I am not "afraid" to die, after all, the dead know nothing.  However, I am afraid for those I leave behind.  It is the thinking about death while living that is the problem.

Eileen

Heidi:

--- Quote from: EKnight on October 29, 2008, 06:24:26 PM ---It is the thinking about death while living that is the problem.

--- End quote ---

Exactly!  I suppose also the unknown aspect of it....and how it will be that I die....is it going to be painful or quick, in a car accident or something else.  O'man....I need to let go of this!

mharrell08:

--- Quote from: Heidi on October 29, 2008, 06:39:49 PM ---
--- Quote from: EKnight on October 29, 2008, 06:24:26 PM ---It is the thinking about death while living that is the problem.

--- End quote ---

Exactly!  I suppose also the unknown aspect of it....and how it will be that I die....is it going to be painful or quick, in a car accident or something else.  O'man....I need to let go of this!

--- End quote ---


Just think if you didn't have that fear. What kind of person would you be and to what ends would you go without that fear? Sometimes we can come to a mindset that all we need is a little tweak in the way we are but obviously we are made this way for God's will and purpose.

This fear could be something that is used to hold yourself in check. Or, something the Lord will use to glorify His name when you overcome it. But either way, it has a purpose and God did not cause you to have it for no reason.


Hope that helps,

Marques

musicman:
I remember when I was in eighth grade I suffered a severe depression because I knew that some day I would die.  I wasn't afraid of dying any time soon.  I just hated the fact that death was closer every day of my life.  You can't escape it.  I was going to die someday.  I never really considered the possibility that God was real and we would all live again with immortality.  Perhaps I would have been happier if I had been brought up believing in God.  Then again, belief in hell would probably have been millions of times worse.  Today, I have little fear of death.  My fears are only the set backs that could take place at any time during my physical life.  Those fears are the one's that I need God's help with. 

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