Fear of Death

I'm glad that I have eternal life because it means that my life here on earth has both meaning in the here and now and a magnificent end. I have the gift of eternal life that gives me real hope and power for every day life..

Living in Chicago means that driving in traffic is part of every day life. One night my wife and I were on our way home from a meeting downtown. It was a snowy, slippery drive home and all of a sudden the car in front of us began sliding out of control right in front of us. I remember feeling that this could literally end badly for us and that I could die. Fortunately I was able to swerve and miss being in a bad accident. I remember feeling in the midst of that experience a real sense of peace that if I would have died I would have immediately been at home with the Lord.

The same peace that I experienced in that moment of distress is the same peace that I have every day of my life. I know without a doubt that if I died today my next breath would be in heaven with the Lord.