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Be Not Afraid Dyingthe house. All were deeply disappointed, and someeven felt guilty.In trying to help this family through their grief, Ireassured them that whether or not we are there, noone is truly alone at the hour of death. On the contrary,I believe that the dying are always in God’s hands.Recalling the last night he spent with a patient whodied of cancer, a doctor I know wrote in his journal:Although intermittently confused, Mark made severallucid comments between labored breaths. At one pointhe said something about “going” somewhere, and Ireplied, “Yes, you can go, Jesus will take you!”“But it’s so hard!” he responded.I said, “Don’t cling to us. Cling to God!”“I’m trying,” he said, “but I don’t know what to do next. It’s so unfamiliar!”“Yes, but you are going before us,” his mother said.“And then you can tell us how to get there.”Later Mark asked his father to read something fromthe Bible, which he did. Just as he was finishing Romans8, Mark said, “Maybe Jesus will come!” Several of usresponded, “He will come!”Later he said quite loudly, “Can’t wait much longer!”Over the next half hour, Mark’s breathing becamemore labored, though every few minutes he would say1