Will You Die Well?
By Donald Norbie (1923-2017) Thoughts of Approaching Death All quotations are taken from the New King James Version. ‘The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years’ , Ps. 90. 10. A hymn says, ‘Life at best is very brief’. Compared to eternity our life is just a little blip on the screen of time. During 2004 a woman died at 115 years old and was reckoned to be the oldest woman in the USA. She was reported as saying before she died, ‘Dying is so hard. I hope I do it well!’ It was not reported whether she was a Christian or not. Kenneth Hildebrand wrote a song years ago in which he said, ‘If I live well, praise the Lord! If I die well, praise the Lo...