Fear of death.[ Psalm 23/ John 10 v11]

I am reading a book by a man called Julian Barnes, he is an atheist, he starts of by saying,/ I dont believe in God, but I miss Him/, as I read this book I sense that this dear man ,is in fact searching for God. The book is about , the fear of death, he writes of the composer Rachmaninov, who was terrified of death, Rachmaninov surprised his friends when he didnt talk about death. Julian tells the story, of how Rachmaninov visited a friends home , while there he had his fortune told, in order to find out when he would die. Then he spoke to his friends daughter on the subject of death, as he did, he began to eat some pistachio nuts,as he ate them , he suddenly broke off and laughed,these pistachio nuts have made my fear of death go away. Do you know where to?no one could tell him. When he left , his friends gave him a sack full of pistachio nuts, to cure his fear of death. There is something amusing about this story, and yet sad, in this modern age people dont talk about death, it is brushed under the mat, but of course it wont go away, The word of God tells us that it is appointed unto men once to die and after,[Hebrews 9 v 27 ] yes there is an after, ask yourself this question ,if you were to die today where would you spend eternity?. Jesus said that He was the resurrection and the life, and that whoever believed in Him ,even though they die , would live.[ John 11 v25 ] A bag of nuts , or whatever ,may help relieve our fear of death, but they will not save us, only faith in Christ can do that. [ Dear God Your word tells us clearly that death is not the end , that there is a heaven and a hell, and that the only way to be saved from hell is to believe on Your dear son Jesus, help us this day to trust Him as our Saviour, Amen ]