Some time ago my older son drove in “The King of the Hammers,” a desert rock race in Southern California. It is more than a hundred miles of brutally traumatizing your internal organs while trying to keep your car upright. Isn’t it strange what some people call fun? His goal was to finish with the car, his spleen and kidneys intact. You can imagine his ecstatic surprise to not only finish but to place third in his class of car.
Life is full of surprises, some pleasant and others not so pleasant. Obviously the pleasant ones are to be desired. One of my pleasant ones was getting married and discovering she was so much more wonderful than I thought she would be. Having children can be incredible. We think the baby is wonderful and how grand it is when he or she just keeps getting more interesting and rewarding.
I sometimes think life is so worth living even if these few decades are all we get; however, the really good news is Jesus has made it endless. He said, “He who believes in me has already crossed over from death to life.” Awesome. The Bible is a love story. If you like books or movies with a happy ending you will love the Gospels and especially the end of Revelation. Don’t let people make you think being a Christian is dull and unimaginative. They only say that because they have never tried the real thing. Be surprised – read John.
Written by Roger Bothwell on March 1, 2014
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