Thursday, June 28, 2001
Thursday, June 28, 2001
If Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith
has been in vain.
(1 Corinthians 15:14
NRSV)
It always amazes me when people try to write helpful, consoling words about values,
relationships, grief, disappointment, etc., and make no reference to Christ. It simply does not
work. To paraphrase St. Paul, "if Christ be not raised from the dead, then everything in life is
vain." There is no hope, no purpose, no reason for being. If he is not who he said he is and if he
has not done what the Bible says he has done, then we are but orphans in a hostile world who
have nothing to look forward to except disease, death and decay. He is who he says he is, though,
and he has done what the Word declares he has done. And we know life does make sense. There
is every reason to laugh, to love, and to live--to make every moment count.
Dear God, help me to make every moment with you count. Amen.
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