ON THE MOUNTAIN
"In the wilderness there is weakness, but on the mountain there is strength. In the wilderness there is loneliness, but on the mountain there is companionship. In the wilderness there is despair, but on the mountain there is hope." H. Beecher Hicks, Men's Devotional Bible
THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTIAN HOPE
But a deep, permanent shift in history happened on this Easter morning. This is the essence of Christian hope. Cosmic justice fell on the blameless one. He carried every burden known to humanity, and it crushed him into the ground. This was the costly price of Jesus for us, life for life. And then he broke free. The curse we brought on ourselves was broken, as the ancient texts say: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”(1)
Now in the midst of a hurting, shaken world, even though sometimes we don’t have eyes to see, a rainbow of hope remains this Easter morning. Even now, there are tendrils and buds on the dark, jagged lines of the tree branches. Even here in the midst of my grieving country, and yours, the hope of spring, the hope of an everlasting rainbow after the storm, is present through the Risen Savior, who promises to one day wipe away every tear. He joins us on this dark path." Elizabeth Clark, Slice of Infinity
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