Morbid topic
Just finished watching the third episode of Densha Otoko and surfing around the lj looking for more info on next few episodes when I come across this unique LJ community.....it's a community that lists the livejournals of people who passed away.
It's really scary........to read the online diaries of people not in this world anymore: it makes death seem so....I dunno....so near. They wrote their posts just like us, their diaries were like those of any people now blogging. I know it sounds maybe stupid, but when you read some of their journals, you will realise that death does not give us a warning. It can happen anytime and anyplace. Life is indeed so precious. One person was even talking about graduation.....and now, the person is no longer in this world.
If I know I'm going to die, I think the most important thing I want to make sure is that my relationship with God is right. I think we often don't want to discuss death because it seems like something that is so far away. There are so many "important" things now; studies, relationships, friends, having fun, making the most out of our time...yet at the moment when we are about to breathe our last.....what can be the only thing that matter? In the face of death, no matter how smart you are, how many As you get, how much money you have........it all doesn't matter. All those years of hurts and misunderstandings.....it all doesn't matter anymore. Death just cancels everything out. For Christians, we believed that we will be reunite in heaven. That is one of the best promises that anyone can have.....the promise of having no eternal separation from our fellow believers in Christ. And that is one big promise that erases the fear of death. I'm not saying that those things are not important - I'm just trying to say that we should not live as if we are going to live on this earth forever.
It's a morbid topic - death. But it happens. Just because you don't think about it doesn't mean it's not there. And please.....cherish life. I believe no matter how awful things are.....God will always provide a way out. And no matter what we do, God's love is never far away. Nothing can separate us from His love - we just have to believe it. Death may be inevitable but it's up to us to choose how to live our lives on earth - happily or not....
It's really scary........to read the online diaries of people not in this world anymore: it makes death seem so....I dunno....so near. They wrote their posts just like us, their diaries were like those of any people now blogging. I know it sounds maybe stupid, but when you read some of their journals, you will realise that death does not give us a warning. It can happen anytime and anyplace. Life is indeed so precious. One person was even talking about graduation.....and now, the person is no longer in this world.
If I know I'm going to die, I think the most important thing I want to make sure is that my relationship with God is right. I think we often don't want to discuss death because it seems like something that is so far away. There are so many "important" things now; studies, relationships, friends, having fun, making the most out of our time...yet at the moment when we are about to breathe our last.....what can be the only thing that matter? In the face of death, no matter how smart you are, how many As you get, how much money you have........it all doesn't matter. All those years of hurts and misunderstandings.....it all doesn't matter anymore. Death just cancels everything out. For Christians, we believed that we will be reunite in heaven. That is one of the best promises that anyone can have.....the promise of having no eternal separation from our fellow believers in Christ. And that is one big promise that erases the fear of death. I'm not saying that those things are not important - I'm just trying to say that we should not live as if we are going to live on this earth forever.
It's a morbid topic - death. But it happens. Just because you don't think about it doesn't mean it's not there. And please.....cherish life. I believe no matter how awful things are.....God will always provide a way out. And no matter what we do, God's love is never far away. Nothing can separate us from His love - we just have to believe it. Death may be inevitable but it's up to us to choose how to live our lives on earth - happily or not....
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