"We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves. If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ died and lived again, so that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living." (Romans 14:7-9 NRSV)
The question came from a fellow soldier after our combat unit had moved into a field in the hedgerow section of Normandy, France, during World War II. "How come you are a Christian?" he asked me. I answered him the best way I knew at the time. I said, "A person would have to be really dumb not to be a Christian, for you live better and you die better."
I don't remember if my answer satisfied him or not. But now, after having lived about 85 years, I can reaffirm that same simple answer. I am convinced that people of faith do live and die better, for they are able to face life's storms with greater peace than those who walk without faith that God is walking beside them. As we live and as we die, people of faith have assurance of God's presence with them.
-- Jack G. Ammon in the The Upper Room Daily Devotional -- E-mail Edition, April 25, 2007, (c) 2007 by The Upper Room. All rights reserved. Do not reproduce or redistribute without written permission from the publisher. http://www.upperroom.org/
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Friday, February 25, 2011
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Thank you, David, again for being "right on". Many of the Sound Bites these past 2 weeks have really spoken to me. This one in particular was one to which i said out loud, "Amen!". ...
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work!
B. Terry