Posted by jan
on March 20, 2008, 4:07 pm
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Paraphrased from a text by Rev. Bill Kolb
"Easter is the hope that God offers during bad times, a light in which we can believe even while we're still in the darkness. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the action of God in the world, a paradigm for hope in all valleys and dark journeys of our lives.
"I believe that every Christian's middle name is or ought to be "Hope." Hope is really the major characteristic of a Christian. Hope is faith in things unseen (to paraphrase St. Paul). Anyone can believe in what they can see, touch, and feel.
"But the real issues of life, love, loss, death, fear cannot be resolved by anything we can see, touch or feel. They can only be dealt with by the Grace of God through hope, and the greatest symbol of hope in Christendom is that which we celebrate this Sunday: resurrection, God's power to raise anything and anyone from the depths."
May our Lord Jesus, the Christ, give new life to His great TRUTH of the Resurrection in each of our hearts this holy season... may we choose to embrace the only Hope that is sure in the face of despair and sorrow... my prayers are with you all.
~ jan
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