Death is not a Disease

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

 

This quote has been contributed to Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain, Daniel Defoe, and plethora of other famous people. All people who were much wiser than almost anyone living today.

 

Recently on a trip out to my parents, as we passed the small cemetery on the way to their house, Ethan commented, “When I die, I’ll get it a stone, and it will say E-T-H-A-N.” Even my three-year-old is smarter than most people today…

 

Sometimes it can be a little unnerving to have a conversation about death with my kids, but death is a part of living. Especially as a Christian. The fact that Christ died is pivotal to our faith and hope (followed, of course, by His resurrection). And while they know about Covid, masks, etc. the obsession of the media with death is not a part of their world. However, they have had a great deal of death in their young lives this past year: great-grandfather, great aunt, and grandfather. So, we have had conversations about death. Positive conversations about Christ, and Heaven, and hope. Because death is a part of life.

 

Now if we didn’t know before 2020, we certainly know now that so-called journalists In America have no interest in telling the truth, or even simply reporting information. Instead, they all want to manipulate and terrify. Hence, they focus on death and scaring people into being afraid of getting sick. Because no one wants to die. So, let’s allude people into thinking they can somehow avoid it.

 

In searching for other things on the internet recently, I came across a couple of ludicrous articles. Here are a few quotes:

 

“Before it (Covid-19) came along, there was a reason to be hopeful about U.S. death trends. The nation’s overall mortality rate fell a bit in 2019…”

 

“The more steps people walked, the lower their risk of dying was…”

 

“Research has shown that people who sat for eight or more hours every day had a 59% increased risk of death that those sitting less than four hours per day…”

 

So, apparently, in 2019 some people who should have died managed not to die, thereby bringing down the mortality rate in the U.S. And if it hadn’t been for Covid, even more people could have beat out death in 2020. I guess by walking more. Because if you walk a lot, you decrease your risk of dying. And since I certainly sit less than four hours a day, I guess I’m going to live forever.

 

Really?

 

Let’s get our facts straight. Death is not a disease. It’s not something you “catch”. You can’t be vaccinated against it. And you can't exercise or eat healthy your way out of it. It’s inevitable. You will die.So the question is not if you will die or not…the question is where will you go after you die?