Disney and Death both start with a D. {STILL CONSTRUCTING}

A lesson on not fearing the "D" word.

Death.


I think about it a lot. I don’t openly express these thoughts to others, so I don’t know if it’s abnormal or not since I don’t get feedback.

I think about how it might happen. Dying that is. I’m paranoid it will happen soon. I visualize the semi-truck in traffic next to me exploding and how it will feel. I wonder if it will hurt. I wonder if I’ll be aware. I’m scared of the inevitable. It’s not something I can escape. But it’s hard to face. The unknown of when and how. And what exactly will happen on that day.

Death saddens me. Scares me. It shouldn’t. I know that I get to go home and be with my Heavenly Daddy. That in itself should put my mind at ease.

But. Nonetheless, it does not.

I think in analogies. I comprehend in analogies. Things take a new perspective and make sense in analogies. So naturally I sat down and tried to create an analogy of death and heaven. Something to make it make more sense, to make me feel at peace with the idea of death and heaven. This is what I came up with, well, what I’m sure the Lord placed in my head to comfort me.

When I first think about death, I think about Heaven. My feeble human mind can’t wrap my mind around it. A perfect place that you wouldn’t want to leave?! That you aren’t scared to enter even though you’ve never been there and you don’t know what to expect? Is there such a place? Surely everyplace gets old and boring after a while? There is no place I would want to stay forever. Surely there is anxiety walking into anything of the unknown.

I sat and pondered. What is my most FAVORITE place in the world?! That was easy. DISNEY WORLD!!!!

The Oh So Magical place. Where dreams, literally…mine did, come true. The place where you are the star, where sadness doesn’t live. Where you feel like you've left the earth and entered in some other dimension of the universe where nothing bad exists. A place where all your troubles go away and the time you are inside all is right in the world. The front door to Disney is the Exit door of reality…wow, I just came up with that, I like it! :P

I thought back to the first time I ever went to Disney. I was 8 years old, and I stepped into the Magic Kingdom for the first time. I wasn’t scared, I was in awe. I was so amazed by the colors of people’s uniforms. The colors of the buildings. The magical music playing over the speakers. The smells of all kinds of delicious foods. The sounds of laughter and joy. Feeling so welcome by the cast members. It was perfect.

And so. I think that’s how heaven will be. I won’t be scared, I will be in awe. I will be so amazed by the colors of people’s uniforms. The colors of the buildings. The heavenly music playing over the speakers. The smells of all kinds of delicious foods. The sounds of laughter and joy. Feeling so welcome by the love of my life, my Jesus.

And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. Romans 8:38 NLT