Hope
The fear of death is engrafted in the common nature of all men, but faith works it out of Christians. (Vavasor Powell, 17th century Welsh Puritan)
The fear of death seems to be universal. When we’re young, we feel almost immortal. Later, we don’t like to talk about death, as if talking might make it happen. But we need to face its reality because the Bible says all of us are destined to die and after that there’s a judgment. The good news is that the Bible also offers hope beyond death to those who put their faith in God.
Anyone who is among the living has hope (Ecclesiastes 9:4).