Thinking of Death as Sleep
October 27th, 2007 at 12:23 pm by Dee O'Neil Andrews
If Christ had
done nothing more for humanity than give it the word "sleep" in place of
"death," He would have been the greatest benefactors. He taught new truth
about death, explaining that it is not what it seems. It is to life what
sleep is to the day. Sleep rests and restores the body to a fuller and
fresher life. Christ would not have called death sleep merely because of
its external likeness. His thought struck deeper than that. He meant
that death does for us what sleep does for the body: repairs, invigorates, and
repeats for us the morning of life.
T. T. Munger
Thanks for posting this. A great perspective on death that I embraced years ago. For the most part, none of us fears going to sleep. I hope I can approach my death with this peace at heart.
Ditto what Greg said. Sleep is most welcomed.
Great post Dee.