Do you wonder what dying will be like for a believer?

As I entered the lady’s bedroom in her care home, I could tell she was in her final moments of life.

Unable to talk now and in a deep sleep, as I spoke her name, held her hand and told her I was here, she seemed to smile. There’d been many conversations about this moment, and we all knew her wishes. She wanted to remain out of hospital now and stay in her care home without an attempt of resuscitation so that she could have a natural, peaceful, dignified death.

She was a Christian and knew her value in Christ, even in her frailty. She had told me the last time I visited that she was ready to be with her Lord and His timing would be perfect. Her Bible was still by her bed, tapestry Bible verses on her wall, and her calendar for today that the carers had kindly updated on her behalf said, ‘Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you’. What a promise for this moment!