Afraid to die, huh? Nope, I don't think I am, much.
Ever look at a coin? You do realize there are two sides to it, right? Well, I went on for years in my teens being heavily involved with my baptist religion. Heck, I even committed my life to becoming a preacher at one point. Went to college and everything, though I never completed the task. All the while being involved in my religion you couldn't avoid the topic of death. We are all going to die, that's a given. Unless you're one of the couple people who cheated death and were raised up into the clouds, or wherever they went. So, that's a certainty, as far as I'm concerned.
But religion tends to focus on the hereafter, and what's happening now is of little concern. We're not encouraged to live LIFE (that's the other side of the coin). It's as if to say Life is just a segway to get to death. Life means nothing. Living ought not to be enjoyed, because our death is more important, and what happens thereafter. On the other hand, you have people that believe we only live once, so Party-On-Dude! And finally, you got people who live One Day At A Time.
I'm more or less into the latter group. While I'll proclaim I'm a born-again christian, and my salvation is secure in Jesus Christ, and I expect to go to heaven when I die, and my fear of death is no more because of that - I cannot help but wonder, "what if I'm wrong?" Maybe my faith isn't strong enough all the time, maybe.
But I refuse to ignore the fact that my God gave me LIFE first, not death. And in my living I want to be a blessing to people. I want a chance to LIVE first. I can't do anything about DEATH, it's gonna come one way or another. And unlike the constant preaching about death you get from religions, I refuse to devote my life to worrying about something I cannot change.
And you know what? Even more so than the comfort I get from knowing I'm saved, and going to heaven, I feel more comfort knowing I do not have to worry about death. That life goes on, and it's for such a very short time when you compare it to an eternity. Take care of business. Buy your ticket to heaven, and then get about LIVING. That's my philosophy, poorly explained I'm sure. hehe.