A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH

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At the back of some churches is a clock.

It reminds us we are mortal. Then there is a cross. It reminds us that we are also immortal. Resurrection! I

t is after all what this coming into Easter is all about.

It all started with a shock treatment - Good Friday was certainly a shock to everyone’s system, and then a mystery – an empty tomb. Mary Magdalene and the other women running back into Jerusalem shouting that the tomb was empty!

The reason why?

No bodily theft, rather a resurrection.

It was a heavenly miracle too good to be believed.

Too good to be believed? Not when death is defeated. Not when life continues. That’s one whale of a victory.

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.

By way of emphasis, let me tell you about another moment in history - what happened after the Battle of Waterloo.

It was a battle between the English army led by the Duke of Wellington and the French army led by the arrogant Napoleon, who wanted to rule the world.

The outcome would determine the fate of Europe.

When finally it was over, light signals began to send word of the victory back across the English Channel. But a heavy fog was fast rolling in and only the first two words of the message were received, “Wellington defeated…..” and then further communication was impossible.

Hours later when the fog had finally lifted, the message was completed - “Wellington defeated the enemy.”

And that is how it was and is. The Lord’s story had a bad beginning, Jesus defeated….. but when the fog of fear lifted and the message was gloriously completed, it read….. Jesus defeated the enemy, death.

I don’t remember how it was the day I took my first baby steps, but I am sure it was an overwhelmingly wonderful experience.

Then one day, I learned that trees were for climbing, for lifting me up and giving me a higher perspective.

And it was an overwhelmingly wonderful experience. And one day I learned to fly, piloted a plane all by myself up above the clouds, and it was an overwhelmingly wonderful experience.

All these new dimensions did not diminish what had come before even though each new lifting up was bright and new and beautiful. So it will be the day I die - another expansion of perspective, a new transforming, and I am sure I will at that time hear my Lord saying, “Peace be with you.”

And that will be the most over-whelmingly wonderful experience of all.

And at that timeless moment I will know, what I have already known for such a very long, long time – that life is stronger than death.

That eternity laughs in the face of clocks and calendars and that because Jesus still lives, I am never very far away from my heavenly home.

"For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality." 1 Corinthians 15:53
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STARTED SUNDAY MARCH 5, 2011 Serialization of another book SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING

This book, SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, is about dealing positively with the challenges of getting older and fosters the belief that “If we would have new knowledge, we must get a world of new questions.” (Susanne K. Langer)

MANY OF THE SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVED LIVING ARE GOOD FOR ANY AGE.

“I am come that they (you) may have life and have it to the full. (John 10:10)

Anyone who lives long enough gets older. There are no other options. How we handle the adventure is filled with options.

Keep both eyes on life, and not on the calendar. Admit your age, but don’t admit to the fallacy that you have to act like it. Saying, “I’m 39 and holding,” is more tragic than humorous because it argues that age has no attributes.

V. Neil Wyrick


Below a quote from it…

“Be like the farmer who, when asked what he was building, replied, “if I can rent it, it’s a rustic cottage. If I can’t, it’s a cow shed.”

It’s called attitude and it can make us prematurely old or longer young. For truly, things aren’t just what they are, but rather how we choose to see them.”

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A quote below from tomorrow’s ONE A DAY blog entitled WHAT DO YOU WORRY ABOUT?

“Children are durable and don’t necessarily wilt under adversity, just as our children don’t necessarily thrive under luxury and comfort.”

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