Saturday, 19 April 2025

BEYOND THE GRAVE

 

 

“I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.” – John 11:25

Imagine if death was the marker of finality. Imagine if all the effort of self-improvement and human evolvement became null and void at death. Imagine the futility of the few years that are afforded to us here: the loss of loved ones, the wasteland of our dreams and hopes and achievements of humanity. No wonder so many of us who don’t believe there is anything beyond the grave, cling to this life so tenaciously. What surprise awaits them when they discover there is more, so much more!

The crowning glory of the Atonement is the Resurrection. If the Saviour did not overcome the sting of death, the suffering of Gethsemane would have been useless, the humiliation of Calvary even more so. What good would all His suffering be if we ceased to exist when mortality lays its claim on us and sends us to Mother Earth? If there is no ‘tomorrow’, ‘yesterday’ was a waste and ‘today’ is futile.

I give thanks to the Father of my soul who created me, who created the plan for my eternal existence, who sacrificed His Son so that I might live and have joy eternally. I give thanks to the Son who considered nothing was too hard to bear in ensuring this plan worked for my advantage and my eternal destiny. He is the truth, the light and the way, He is the resurrection and the life…..

 

If You were not,

I would not be,

Silence would have wept at Calvary!

 

If You were not,

I would not be,

As death would claim me eternally.

 

If You were not,

I would not be,

Joyless would be my destiny.

 

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: On The Third Day by Chris Brazelton)

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