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The
late Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands was a pious Christian, as was
her husband Hendrik. They had discussed death. Since both regarded it as
the start of a new life, they had promised each other that their
funerals would not be shrouvded in black, but rather be completely white
as a symbol of light. Even the dress the Queen wore to Hendrik's funeral
was white. It is true that for the Christian, death is not darkness but
light, not black with despair, but bright with hope.
I AM EASTER. , am the spirit of the risen Lord. ,
I am the quiet hush of reverence before the love of a God who sacrificed his Son for man.
I am the message of eternity proclaimed from pulpits throughout the land. •
I
AM EASTER. I am that strange force that swells church attendance and
momentarily swells the languid faith of men. I am like the sun of early
morn sweeping away the dark of doubt. I am the truth of God's promise
now celebrated more than 1900 times.
I
AM EASTER. I am not a time of the tomb, but rather the reviving cheer
of the resurrection. I am the glad cry that the valley of the shadow of
death is a passageway and not a dead-end street.
I am a balm to the wound of the Widow.
"
am an ambassador for the Great Physician as I give hope to the sick.
Without me, life becomes a tale told by 600 million protoplasmic
creations called men. With me, life becomes a destiny lived by 600
million souls!
I
AM EASTER. I suffer from frail-' jokes about Easter bonnets. , am
trampled upon by Easter bunnies hop-hop-hopping down the trail. I walk a
thin line sometimes between holiday ... and holy day. But I am not
forgotten. My true meaning is not obscured even in this. And I do not
believe that my optimism is a drug to my logic as , express my faith of
mankind's faith in what I really am.
FOR
I Believe, that man ... with all his propensity for the crass does not
forget the cross. And that, for all his building, cannot forget the
house not mode with hands ... which is promised to him.
I AM EASTER.
Long
have I watched my celebration; in simple country church with quiet
dignity, . in great cathedral with much pomp and pageantry.
And I am glad. -'
For
while the mistakes of men concerning my day are many; they do not cause
me half so much pain as would be felt ... were they to forget me
completely.,
The first law of Thermodynamics says that no mass or energy is ever destroyed, that it merely changes form. When a piece of wood is burned, it is not gone. Some of it becomes heat; some deteriorates into the ashes. But it is not destroyed - it just changes.
When a lake dries up, the water is gone. It has evaporated into the air, only to fall to earth again someday. If we can see this all around us in the physical world, is it so hard to conceive of it in the spiritual world?
Harry Emerson Fosdick said, "Can it be that God is the most unscrupulous waster in the universe making great personalities, only to throw them utterly away." If we can see it in nature, can we see it in the sphere of faith?
We, too, can have the same confidence that the apostle Paul had when he said, "We shall all be changed."
The first law of Thermodynamics says that no mass or energy is ever destroyed, that it merely changes form. When a piece of wood is burned, it is not gone. Some of it becomes heat; some deteriorates into the ashes. But it is not destroyed - it just changes.
When a lake dries up, the water is gone. It has evaporated into the air, only to fall to earth again someday. If we can see this all around us in the physical world, is it so hard to conceive of it in the spiritual world?
Harry Emerson Fosdick said, "Can it be that God is the most unscrupulous waster in the universe making great personalities, only to throw them utterly away." If we can see it in nature, can we see it in the sphere of faith?
We, too, can have the same confidence that the apostle Paul had when he said, "We shall all be changed."
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POSTED ON WYRICK'S WRITING THOUGHTS ENTITLED "Are You a Peacemaker or Peacebreaker?" (Continuation of Series)
Proverbs 14:17 gives a pretty good reason to be a Peacemaker rather than Peacebreaker … "A quick-tempered man does foolish things." And who wants to be called an angry fool?
With such careless ease we say, “I lost my temper.” But have you ever stopped to think of the implications behind that phrase. Lose
it often enough and the results can be disastrous; for that is the way
people lose their spouses and jobs and health and opportunities
and...the list is long.
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POSTED ON WYRICK'S WRITING THOUGHTS ENTITLED "Arrogance and Humility' (Series Continued)
If you were asked, "What is the most important discovery or accomplishment in your life? " how would you answer the question?
POSTED ON WYRICK'S WRITING THOUGHTS ENTITLED "What Do You Want from Jesus?"
Do you want from Jesus all the joy that can be gained from fully accepting the fact that you are truly the child of a King? So that when you die you will not have to ask that someone write on your tombstone, “Born a human being, died a question mark.”
POSTED ON WYRICK'S WRITING THOUGHTS ENTITLED "Are you a Peacemaker or a Peacebreaker?"
Someone has said that peace is merely that brief, glorious, moment in history when everyone stops to reload their weapons.
POSTED ON WYRICK'S WRITING THOUGHTS ENTITLED ""Arrogance and Humility
When a company takes over another company, there is often a sign placed outside the premises announcing, UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT.
Such a sign accurately summarizes what takes place in Christian conversions. When Christ takes over a life, that life is literally under new management.
So consider, is God now managing your pride? Or is your pride still managing you?
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complex person to ever hold the office of president of the United
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often expressed in Lincoln's writings and speeches was not merely lip
service to a Deity, but rather expressions of a profound faith in a real
God. It was this faith that provided the wisdom, compassion, insight
and sometimes steel that Lincoln would need in full measure
as he led the United States through the Civil War. Dr. Wyrick's clear
and unpretentious style of presentation is very much in keeping with the
character ofhis subject, and in so doing, Wyrick makes his point very
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