Frederick Buechner writes, “Intellectually we all know that we will die but we do not really know it in the sense that the knowledge becomes a part of us. We do not really know it in the sense of living as thought it were true. On the contrary, we tend to live as though our lives would go on forever. Francis Chan
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One of the biggest misperceptions about death is that people believe that once you die, you’re gone forever. This isn’t true; you may not be present physically but you are still very much alive in spirit. The term “being alive” refers to the fact that every human has a spirit, which is not physical in nature. Although the body is the outward manifestation of the soul, it is not itself the soul. The body dies but the spirit lives on.

Source: Crazy Love: Overwhelmed By A Relentless God

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