Wrestling with Mortality - 30 October 2020 - Plague Journal Day 232

Micah 6:8
John 6:47-58
Yes, your life matters.

We all are still sheltering in place, but I'm here to keep you sane and entertained.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?

Today is Create A Great Funeral Day. I had no idea there was such a day, but it seems like a good idea, really. After all, the folks left behind when you die are going to be working in a fog, trying to design a memorial service that honors you and that will comfort them. Why not at least give them a head start by creating your own funeral? You won't be there, so you won't know if they use it or not, but at least you'll have done your part.
This "celebration" reminded me of something I had written a few years ago, but it seems even more appropriate today than it did when I wrote it:

And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. – Mark 15:37 ESV

And He died.

He died.

Even Jesus died.

I've been thinking about dying quite a bit lately, wrestling with my mortality. After all, there have certainly been enough reminders of just how temporary this life is these past months.

Maybe it's only natural to think this way; to look at the calendar pages turning more and more quickly, and to think about endings. Sure, it's only natural.

But as a Child of God, born of water and the Spirit, I'm not only natural; when I really get down to it, my mortality isn't worth thinking about. I don't have to look at things that way anymore. Think about it. Jesus says that whoever believes in Him has eternal life. He doesn't say that now I have a chance to live forever. He doesn't say that if I do enough stuff, then He'll give it to me. He says that, as a believer, I already have it.

I already have it.

Wow.

Do you?

Here's a great song that may well have had something to do with that idea of not being only natural. Enjoy.

Keep Calm and Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.
The mental health issues related to our lockdown and the pandemic are especially hard for people with depression. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has a 24 hour helpline: 800-950-6264.