Jehovah-Rohi - Overcoming Fear of Death

Today, Tuesday September 1 - Jehovah-Rohi, The LORD is my Shepherd!  As a young pastor over 45 years ago, one of my greatest concerns was knowing I would be expected to be with a family while their loved one was dying.  As a child and teenager I had only been to two funerals that I could remember, my grandfather's in Maybank, Texas and an uncle in the same area.  I couldn't imagine what I would say or do.  Seminary and Bible College never covered this area of ministry.  And my first experience with a lady passing in our church was a very difficult one. The greatest fear and enemy we face is death!  As the years past, and we begin to experience the presence of Jehovah-Rohi in the presence of those passing, and we watched as believers left this life to go to their eternal home, we found that Psalm 23:4 was a reality for them.  "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me." It was a time of victory and celebration, not fear!  Do you have this assurance in your heart and life today? God bless!