A Life of Hope

The reality of this world is that we are surrounded by death. It sounds morbid but ignoring that fact is to ignore the truth. Each day, people lose loved ones for unexplainable reasons. I attended a funeral today and even though I barely knew him, I was nearly knocked off my feet. Filled with grief and sorrow, I had to fight harder to hold the tears after each passing minute. This world comes at your hard and without warning. Without the peace that comes with knowing Jesus, I am absolutely positive that I would cave under pressure, raise the white flag, and crawl into my bed and never leave. The weight of this world is too much for any one individual to bear. We live in a world surrounded by a suffocating darkness that becomes more impending with each passing breath. Fortunately, God offers us a way out. Through Him, our hope in eternity and the victory over sin is secure. As believers, death is nothing to be afraid of. Greater things are yet to come in a believer's death. As Paul said in Philippians, "For me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain."