It is said that, "A brave person dies only once, while a coward dies a thousand times over." My wife says I have a vivid imagination. You see, it's too easy for me to picture things that can happen in the future. The result is that I tend to be a 'thousand times over' kind of guy. Of course, that amounts to a spiritual cul-de-sac.

It's a matter of focus. What are we going to look at and concentrate on. Better, on Whom will I fix my attention each day.

Frances Havergal, who composed the old hymn, "Take my life and let it be...", wrote two months before composing that piece, "I just yielded myself to Him, and utterly trusted Him to keep me."
I think that's what it takes...and the "Take my life" , (body and soul), is certainly a daily step.