How Death Inspires Me

It seems like death is a very hard thing for us to talk to people about. I think this is because every time someone mentions the word death, people automatically associate you as being "Gothic" or "Emo" Also, death is just flat out a scary thing when you start to think about it. I think that's where the problem lies. I know for myself, I have a hard time accepting death as a reality. I mean yeah, I've been to funerals and I've stood there staring at this lifeless person lying in a coffin, but I have a hard time accepting that one day I myself will die. I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only person who feels this way. Maybe that's where the Gothic cultured people are right. They've spent so much time pondering on death, that now its so real to them. The truth is, we are never promised tomorrow. In fact, in the middle of writing this, I could fall over dead. Now, where I think these death-obsessors have gone wrong is this: They use the time spent thinking about death to become depressed. Some even put their life to an end at their own will. I believe that death should be what gives us a reason to live. We should spend our lives doing something actually worth living., because guess what. Life doesn't last forever! We must bury ourselves in Him to receive life. Scripture tells us that anything else leads to death. "For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord. But whoever fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death." To sum that up: Christ=Life, anything else=death. Death should not be something we desire, but it also shouldn't be something we fear. Death should be something that gives us inspiration. Inspiration to life life to its fullest, but to live life the right way. To live life in a way that glorifies God, the one who gave us life. The thought of death always seemed scary to me, although i never knew why. But there is hope! 1 Corinthians 15:55-58 says, "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my dear brother, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourself fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain." God has given us victory when he sent his son to triumph over death. All he asks of us is to devote ourselves to doing His work. So go and what is right in His eyes and let nothing bring you down. One last thing to think on. Christ DIED on the cross in order to give us eternal LIFE.

~*Elizabeth