A Friend Died

My friend died recently.

I last saw him about a week before he died.

And I saw fear in his eyes, the fear of death.

I did not understand the fear, and I did not pause to ponder why then. Nor was I able to ask him then as he could not speak.

Now I never know how he felt at the point of death. I will always wonder if he was able to overcome his fear and have peace to face death.

For he is a Christian, one who was very much involved in all the church activities, from missionary excursions overseas, to various ministries inside and outside the church.

I would have thought he knew God, and is able to face death with confidence, assurance and peace.

But yet he feared.