Before I accepted God's gift of eternal life, I never even thought about what happens after we die! I was busy with my activities and career and enjoying myself. I was married and we had a good life.
But I often felt fearful and anxious. I never felt safe. I remember having those same feelings all through my childhood. A constant sense that something bad was going to happen to me.
Then something really bad DID happen to me! My husband left and my marriage ended. I was alone, devastated, and confused. Everything in my life changed in an instant. And then I had a thought ... "But God does not change." Somewhere deep down inside I knew that, and God used that one thought to reveal Himself to me at the time of my deepest need.
Then I accepted God's gift of salvation and I received eternal life.
From that moment I began to change. My circumstances did not improve for a long time! But I now had a sense of security that I never had. I still felt fear and anxiety but I knew that I was not alone in my difficulties. I felt loved and safe for the first time in my life. I knew that I could handle whatever life threw my way because God was with me in it. And whatever happened to me in this life paled in comparison to the fact that I now had eternal life with Him to look forward to!