As Long As You're Not Dead

In a recent T.V. movie, a woman coming out of surgery was told by her friend, "Honey, it's O.K. now...you're out of danger!" To which the patient replied, "How can I be out of danger if I'm not dead?"

It's a point well taken, that as long as we're still alive, we are still in danger. But that's a negative way of putting a very positive truth, namely that life would not be life if it did not have some hazards, some problems, some tough times. These are the things that make life worth living: the struggle and the agony...because after the agony comes the ecstacy!

A wise old college professor once pointed out that the happiest moments of his life came after he had gone through and completed a difficult assignment. The Olympic participants endure the agony of months and years of grueling practice and disciplined agony to produce the beauty of a champion.

There is no promise of roses in this life, but there is a promise of a Heavenly Father who will make it all worth while someday. As long as we're not dead, we're in danger, but at least we're alive, with all of its possibilities for good and for God.

Look to this day, for though it has its questions, it also has glorious answers. Jesus has given them to us in the New Testament, and all we need to do is take his answers with us throughout the day.