What is your only comfort in life and in death?

In his sermon yesterday Single for God, Mike quoted from the Heidelberg Catechism.  Question and Answer 1 is something I hold onto much in the Christian life (and so in my singleness), and I know many do in their marriages too.  These are such precious truths - I would highly recommend memorising it to have it to hand 24-7!

What is your only comfort in life and in death?

That I am not my own,
but belong–
body and soul,
in life and in death–
to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ.

He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood,
and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil.
He also watches over me in such a way
that not a hair can fall from my head
without the will of my Father in heaven:
in fact, all things must work together for my salvation.

Because I belong to him,
Christ, by his Holy Spirit,
assures me of eternal life
and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready
from now on to live for him.

(The Heidelberg Catechism, 1563, Question and Answer 1)

For a book to help you enjoy the catechism more, check out Kevin de Young's The Good News We Almost Forgot, reviewed by de Young here and available here.