A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH

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At the back of many churches is a clock. It reminds us we are mortal. Behind the preacher is a cross. It reminds us that we are also immortal. We are both because of Easter.

One thing is for sure, if one knew only the beginning of the Easter story, a very bad beginning, and not the magnificent ending, it certainly wouldn’t foster a religion. But Jesus, come to call on the road to Emmaus, to Mary, in the Upper Room, and then the Ascension – now victory reigned.

Easter is not the only time God’s children muse about what happens when life’s candle flickers and then goes out. But, yes, it is the time most do consider a little more deeply the questions - Where did I come from and where do I go? What kind of mountaintop experience awaits me after I have walked through the valley of the shadow of death?

Inevitably everyone upon this earth must die. One day, the insurance salesperson sells no more policies, the banker figures no more percentages, the preacher writes and delivers a last sermon. And then the great question comes face to face with the great answer.

One does not have to be tired of life to talk about death. Men accept that flowers wither and fade yet they plant gardens. There is dawn and there is dusk. A great symphony has a final crescendo. I’d like to live to be a hundred, if I can keep my health, but I sure am curious about what it’s going to be like if I fail to reach 101.

Do you believe in Easter? If you do, you are less afraid to live and not afraid to die. Believing in Easter earns you a box seat in heaven and a steady standing place on earth. A stablized, rather than a shaky, soul. It’s knowing that when you say, “Hello, God” He hears you and will answer back.

It is being able to say “Jesus” with as much ease as you name a friend. What it is…is a relationship. And when you have that with your heavenly Father…you are blessed beyond compare.

Psalm 31:5
Into your hands I commit my spirit,
redeem me, O Lord, the God of truth.


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JUST AN ORDINARY INSECT (Dec 25)
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HAVE YOU GONE BLIND OR IS IT THAT YOU JUST HAVEN’T OPENED YOUR EYES (DEC 11)
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