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Nolan's avatar

Yes, those words meant the exact opposite to me. "Be brave enough to see it."

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Over fifty years ago a friend of mine died from a drug overdose. I don’t know if it was accidental or intentional. He was in the process of going through a very trying time. To the best of my knowledge he had not been a habitual drug user. A couple of months ago two friends of mine, a married couple from church who were in their mid-seventies, intentionally took their own lives. Their health was not good, but they would probably have lived another five or ten years under normal circumstances. Their stated reasons were (in part) that they were afraid of losing that autonomy you mentioned, but also that that didn’t want to survive if the other one died first. To say that these two events have impacted me would be a very great understatement. In today’s changing culture it seems like more and more people are espousing what a former governor of mine called "a duty to die". I too fear the loss of being able to care for myself, but I am more fearful that society will want to make the decision for me. How soon before the choice is to go out on one’s own term or to be taken out by those in charge because I am no longer "cost effective". Thankfully, "I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me."(2 Timothy 1:12) To Him be glory forever! Amen.

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