Death....

*In the Middle East a fable is told of a Baghdad merchant who sent his servant to the marketplace to run an errand. When the servant had completed his assignment and was about to leave the marketplace, he turned a corner and unexpectedly met Lady Death.

The look on her face so frightened him that he left the martkeplace and hurried home.
He told his master what had happened and requested his fastest horse so that he could get as far from Lady Death as possible-a horse that would take him all the way to Sumera before nightfall.

Later that same afternoon the merchant himself went to the marketplace and met Lady Death. "Why did you startle my servant this morning?" he asked. "I didn't intend to startle your servant-it was I who was startled," replied Lady Death. " I was surprised to see your servant in Baghdad this morning, because I have an appointment with him in Sumera tonight."

The statistics on death is quite impressive --one out of everyone. That means we can dodge, even escape the bill collector but not death. But death has no power over Jesus -He conquered the grave. So, how's your relationship with Him?

*page 119, One Minute After You Die-Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer