{"id":2828,"date":"2008-01-10T20:55:51","date_gmt":"2008-01-10T20:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolene-test.com.bishopcompsol.com\/?p=2828"},"modified":"2008-01-10T20:55:51","modified_gmt":"2008-01-10T20:55:51","slug":"do-you-ever-think-about-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/do-you-ever-think-about-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Ever Think About Death?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-14171.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2829\" title=\"shapeimage_1-14\" src=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-14171-300x171.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-14171-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-14171-500x285.png 500w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-14171.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you ever think about death?\u201d A friend asked the question in an email this morning. He thinks his son, who has been ill for a very long time, may be dying.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I told my friend, I think about death every day. It started when I was a kid, and I looked at pictures of my dad in his younger days &#8211; showing cattle, playing football, goofing around with his friends. That young man didn\u2019t look like my dad. My dad sat in a wheelchair, weakened by multiple sclerosis. He grew weaker for thirty-eight years before his body died, but even as a kid, I knew that little bits of him died every single day.<\/p>\n<p>When my son was born, my husband and I confronted death often. It almost tore me apart until God showed me the depths of His love for our baby, and I learned to hope in His promises.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, I think of death every day. But I think a lot more about life when I face choices about what I believe and what I do based on my beliefs. Will I concentrate on the little bits of me that die every day or will I focus on the new life I receive? Will I fear death or love life? Will I ignore evidence of God at work in or will I acknowledge and submit to it?<\/p>\n<p>As I think about death and life, the truth becomes clear. I can\u2019t stop death. But I can choose to live in a way that honors the gift of life, the life God gave my father, the life he\u2019s given my son, and the life of my friend\u2019s child.<\/p>\n<p>Every day, I think about death. But I choose hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDo you ever think about death?\u201d A friend asked the question in an email this morning. He thinks his son, who has been ill for a very long time, may be dying. Yes, I told my friend, I think about death every day. 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