Through The Grave Yard

     First of all let me say that, going through a graveyard at night is probably one of the creepiest things that I have done in my life. Unfortunately me and Chris did not get to take a picture of our little journey. He didn't have his phone and my phone always freezes when I turn the camera on. I felt like something would have happened like it did in the movie Casper. 2 boys were trying to take a picture and Casper randomly takes the camera out of nowhere and they boys freak out. It is interesting how creepy we can see death when you enter a graveyard at night. It's probably the perception we get form the movies that we watch and it freaks us out. It could be that Lakeland is a pretty ghetto place as well and the possibility of drug dealers being in there is pretty high. Maybe it could be that some of the caskets were stone and above the ground. Seeing somebody dead is frightening to me because I think about the fact that this person was once a living talking person. They now just sit in there casket lifeless and immobile. 
     I haven't really had anyone close to me die yet so it was a little challenging to reflect on something personal about death. Though thinking about a more recent death to someone who used to go to SEU gave me the chills. He was younger than me and his life was probably not where he might have wanted it to be. I remember this past summer when I heard about his death and I was more surprised than sad. I knew him but wasn't super close. As Christians I feel that we shouldn't fear death because afterwards is a life in a place that we read and dream about. So why do we still fear things that have to do with death? Everyone is different obviously. We all have different ways of how we view death. Maybe it's because of a past death of a loved one, friend, or pet even. Death is a real thing and a part of life, but their is more to life than just fearing death. If we were to fear death everyday, how do we live?