WHAT LIES BEYOND DEATH?

THERE WAS ONCE an English doctor whose dog always accompanied him when he visited his patients. One night when he was called to see a dying man, the dog followed him into the house. He went into the sick room, closing the door behind him, leaving the dog in the hall outside. The sick man, realizing that death was very near and being unprepared to die, said to him, "Doctor, how can we know what lies beyond death?" The doctor, taken off guard by the unexpected question, yet being a Christian and desiring to help the patient, paused for a moment. Just then there was a noise at the door. The little dog was sniffing at the crack and scratching on the closed panels. This gave the doctor an idea. He said, "My little dog is outside. He followed me into the house, and I left him behind when I came into this room. He doesn’t know what’s here; he has never been into this room; but he wants to come in because he knows I am here and he loves and trusts me. We may not know a great deal about what lies beyond the door of death; but if we Love God and trust Him, knowing He is there, we need have no fear of going where He is." – Dr. Bob Jones, Jr.