I love this statement by missionary/theologian Leslie Newbigin:
"I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist; Jesus Christ has been raised from the dead."
In today’s economy and with an uncertain future ahead Easter Sunday is a great day to ask “What am I really counting on? Am I building my life on a foundation that's solid enough that circumstances beyond my control cannot take it away?
People have not gathered for the past 2,000 years to say, "The stock market has risen. It has risen indeed." They have not gathered to say, "The dollar has risen. It has risen indeed." Or, "the employment rate has risen." Or, "the gross domestic product has risen." Or, "General Motors has risen." Or "the value of your 401(k) has risen."
Here's the one hope that has held up human beings across every continent and culture for two millennia of difficult times of poverty, disease, pain, hardship, [and] death itself: "Christ is risen. He is risen indeed."
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