A Matter of Life or Death…

Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.  Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby.
John 19:40-42 NKJV

Death precedes the Resurrection.

We rejoice at the thought of a resurrection, yet are fearful of the death necessary to bring it to pass.

A seed must first die if it is to live again and produce a bountiful harvest.

We must also experience death to various degrees here on earth if we are ever to develop into all that God would make of us and actually fulfill our purpose while we are here.

Don’t focus on the death.