“I’m not afraid to die,” Ethan began, “because in the big picture, we are all going to die. I might be eleven and another person one hundred. It doesn’t matter. We will all die someday. I don’t want to die at an early age. Who does? But I am not afraid to die because I get to spend eternity with God. Some people are afraid to die because they don’t know there is eternal life afterwards. Heaven is pure joy, where there is no pain, no suffering, and no evil. I will be in the presence of God and Jesus. As great as we think it is, it will be infinitely better. So why would I be afraid to die?”
