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Be Not Afraid FaithEd suffered from degenerative heart disease foryears, and as he grew older, he grew increasingly awarethat he could “go” (as he put it) at any time. Once hetold a nurse who had come to visit him that he waslooking forward to meeting God: “I mean, it will beawesome and fearsome, but God and I know eachother. He knows about my sinful past. And, you know,he also knows I’m sorry for it.” But he was far frompious. Greg, one of the teens who used to hang aroundEd’s apartment, says he even wanted his funeral to befun, and told him that when they carried his casket tothe cemetery, they should bump into a few trees on theway, for good measure.One day Ed asked me to come to his apartment.When I arrived he told me there were several thingsweighing on him, and that he wanted to unburden hisconscience. He had nothing heavy to reveal, but after Ilistened to him and assured him of God’s forgiveness,he embraced me and said that this was one of themost wonderful moments of his life. “Now I can meeteternity with joy.”Ed passed away peacefully a few days later. This notewas in his pocket: “Around 7:30 p.m. I was sitting here,about to have supper, and I felt a tremendous sorrowfor having offended God and sinned against him, afeeling greater than I have ever had before. It could be1