Is there Something After Death?
Is there Something After Death?
My name is Sophia, and I am Korean Chinese, born in Yanji City, a small city in northeast China.
In 2005, I met a Christian from the U.S unexpectedly. In a Bible study held in her house, I met a woman from Hong Kong. She shared Jesus with me. I thought Jesus was nice, but I could not believe the first sentence of the Bible because I believed in evolution. I told her that because I could not believe the first sentence, I could not believe any of the Bible.
Soon after, I learned that my mother had been diagnosed with a serious disease. For the first time, I felt death was real, like a black hole absorbing not only warmness and hope, but I felt cold and hopeless.
There was nothing after death.
Everything was meaningless. A sense of futility surrounded me, and I could not find an answer to why I came into this world or why I had to live.
Then, I remembered the woman who shared Jesus and the Bible with me. I wanted to know what the Bible said about these things. So, I began to attend church.
It was 2010. At first, I had many questions, and I was surprised that I could find the answers in the sermon or Bible. I felt that God was really alive and was willing to talk to me.
Another friend recommended a book to me called Streams in the Desert. I learned later that it is a popular devotional book among Chinese Christians. I read it every day and found the words surprisingly matched my life situations. God touched my heart through Streams in the Desert, and it deeply influenced my spirituality from the beginning of my Christian life.
Through all of this … I realized that death was not the end. There will be eternal life.
I also learned that the purpose of my life is to glorify the Lord.
There is hope.