From a conversation overheard:
“Because the Lord is risen, life means something completely
different. We are no longer bound by time and space, or limited by the frailty
of flesh and bone.
“The Lord's resurrection means that life and its
difficulties are not the final story and that even our eventual obituary will
be only the quickly fading memories of fellow pilgrims. The real story is life
eternal, our own glorified existence and eternal destiny with the One who
redeemed us, while the things we see around us fade away.”
The gospels – and Paul – stress that there is good reason to
accept the reality of Christ actually overcoming death with a return to a life more
powerful than he had had as a human for 33 years. For those who do accept the
reality, life can become filled with hope, and with the adventure of responding to a God who has simply shown overwhelming love for us. As well as responding to God personally, our response is also expressed
through our generosity towards those around us.
