Today was simply one of those days. You know, those days where everything just seems to go the wrong way. From fighting off the stomach flu, to spilling hot tea, not being able to find my keys, forgetting a glove at home.... Nothing seemed to work in my favor today. I sit here in bed tonight grateful that tomorrow is a new day. However, as I was walking across campus to class today, freezing away from the bitter Cleveland winter wind, I decided I needed a little bit of music to cheer me up. I put my headphones in, and began to listen. "Elvis is dead, Picasso is dead, Jimi Hendrix and JAnis Joplin are dead. Marilyn Monroe is dead, however- Jesus is alive." In his song, Shai Linne goes on to tell about the fact that any famous figure in history is dead. Plato, Buddha, Darwin, Napolean, Atila the Hun... you name it- dead. So many times we put our faith and hope in these influential humans.. but that's all they are. Mere humans, whose lives end at the grave. so no matter how beautiful they are, how wonderfully they sing, how powerfully they speak, they will die, and remain in that grave. but Jesus... Jesus is ALIVE. Death was could not hold Him... after three days, He rose again. His tomb is empty, and today He sits at the right hand of God, and He intercedes for us. and because of Him, we can enter heaven, and rejoice for eternity.
Please take a minute and let that sink in... Jesus is alive. ALIVE.
"Through faith in Christ, we've been saved from hell
Because He's risen, it means we'll be raised as well
In glorified bodies fit for the new earth
For now, we participate in the new birth
The universal reality of the true church
With resurrection power, watch the Spirit do work!
United with Christ, we reside in His light
Abide in His might, keep in stride as we fight
The pride in our life, the lies and the spite
We strive to be wise as He guides through the night
He'll chide and He'll slice- recognize that He's right
His brightness inside lights our eyes and it's tight
(He) decided to die to wash white all our strife
His life was the price to delight in His wife
He told death "sike" just to rise like a kite
All eyes on the Christ- let's prize Him "
Jesus is alive my friends. and if that isn't enough to turn your day around, I don't know what else is...
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