Because He Lives.....

 I want to get a little personal here. Things have been extremely rough for me over the past year or so. The family situation has not been good. I am very concerned about the recent behavior of my 16 year old son, and to a lesser degree, my 18 year old daughter. It kills me to see the rebellion that they're involved in. Their health, their very futures are at stake. I would gladly die for either of them in a moment. I pray almost constantly for them in the most agonizing manner, and I worry about their future- there is a Heaven, and there is a hell.

 There are times that I feel I can no longer carry this burden, that it is simply too great for me. I hear others say, "Just trust the Lord", but it is very hard when it is your childrens' lives, isn't it?....

I remember about thirty or so years ago I used to sing the chorus of a song written by Bill Gaither titled, "Because He Lives", and it was easy to sing it then, when I was single and had no kids to worry about. It is not as easy for me to sing now, with all that's going on, but it is still the truth- "Because He lives I can face tomorrow, because He lives all fear is gone; Because I know He holds the future and life is worth the living just because He lives".
You know, if everything in your life goes haywire, if all seems a lost cause, if you cannot even lift up your head and life's circumstances have beaten the living snot out of you- Always keep in mind, beloved of God- Life is worth the living just because He lives. That is the one constant that believers always have. Yes, He is the reason I can face tomorrow- uncertain as it is. He is the One I can cling to when I'm afraid. He is the One Who holds the future, and LIFE IS WORTH THE LIVING JUST BECAUSE HE LIVES!

En Agape'
Jim