Facing the Reality of Our Mortality: A Christian’s Call to Number Our Days and Rest in Eternal Hope
There comes a moment in the life of every believer—sometimes gradually, sometimes with the sudden force of a diagnosis, a failing body, or the quiet recognition that the years have grown short—when the nearness of death can no longer be ignored. The end of this earthly pilgrimage is no longer a distant theological concept. It is imminent. The horizon of eternity has drawn close, and the soul must reckon with the unalterable truth that soon it will step from this life into the presence of the living God. This is not a subject for the faint of heart, nor for those who prefer the soft language of modern sentimentality. Scripture does not permit us to treat death as a gentle transition or a natural cycle of life. Death is an enemy (1 Corinthians 15:26). It is the wages of sin (Romans 6:23). It is the great leveler that strips away every earthly pretense, every possession, every reputation, and every remaining ambition. Yet for the one who is in Christ, death has been stripped of its ultima...