Fear of Death

"Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death." Hebrews 2:14-15


I know this is about so much more, but I have to tell you how special it was to read these verses this week. Having medical issues on the mind can raise some of those more serious heart-questions that we prefer to keep tucked under other things. Letting them surface is totally appropriate...but I prefer to wrestle with them in the presence of the good Father. (at least...I'm learning to...) Realizing we are getting older, falling apart...evaluating the unknown things down the road...can really put us in a place of the "fear of death". How encouraging to remember that the sting of death (spiritual, physical, etc) has been spoken to by Christ. The only power now found in death is holy...a sacred thing. There doesn't need to be fear there...