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Be Not Afraid ResurrectionBound as we are by the limits of time and space, wecan only guess at what such things might mean; as theApostle Paul says, we can only see “through a glassdarkly.” All the same, an inkling of eternity can – asNick found – change our worldview in a significantway, and remind us that heaven is not just “pie in thesky.” It is a reality here and now, even if a mysteriousone.I opened this book with the story of my sister Marianne,who died when I was six. But that was not actuallythe first death in our family. Eight years earlier, myparents had lost another daughter, Emmy – their firstchild –when she was three months old. The followingnotes from my mother’s diary reveal the depths of heranguish. Yet they also reflect a deep trust in the promiseof resurrection, and because of that I would like to closethe book with them. Standing as a reminder that loveis greater than fear, and life more powerful than death,they have always given me hope:The last few days of our baby’s life were hard for usto bear, yet still great and powerful, and filled withpromise because of the nearness of Christ. Each timewe interceded for our little one and gathered ourselvesinwardly, the powers of death withdrew, and she revived.0