A few years ago I talked about sad conversations I had with friends, from my past, who were atheists. And I said those conversations were sad “because so many (if not all) atheists believe when you die, that’s it.” Darkness. Nothingness. No R.I.P. They say that when you die, all that is you ceases to be. And it makes me sad for them because I know they don’t rest easy now, much less forever.
Yeah, it’s knowing you’re created that helps you rest easy now.
When you realize there’s a Creator who had a reason for creating, hopelessness falls away. Like dying leaves in the Autumn breezes. And just like those dying leaves fall every year, you know the new leaves will grow back the next spring. That’s hope. And optimism. All around you. I’m glad you realize this.
Can you imagine why anyone pass up on that same feeling for their own life?
My friends from the past would say they DO want that hope. But it just doesn’t exist. Because God doesn’t exist. But I always wondered how they could be so dead set sure about that.
Of course, people who don’t believe (and trust) in God feel they can ask believers that same question. How can we be so dead set sure He DOES exist? And when you know you’re up against a closed mind and a hardened heart, you know all the evidence in the world probably won’t sway them.
All the evidence in the world.
In fact, the whole world IS evidence. Except to those who WILL not see.
I love how David wrote, in Psalm 16, about his hope. “You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”
If you know someone who doesn’t rest easy right now, help them be hopeful. Help them to…
Let Love Live
Well, you hid your heart in a so-called safe place,
And you locked your love in a big, black box,
And you had no hope, but you built your brave face…
Then you ran your rat race
Through the tics and tocs.
Well, the bluebells bloomed in ideal intentions
As you tilled the truth into lifelong lies,
And you dug in deep making many mentions
Of your pretty pensions
Always alibis…
Let Love Live…
It can turn your trials into sunny smiles.
Let Love Live…
It can beat the blues
It demands no dues…
Take a chance and choose
To Let Love Live.
Well, your dead-end dreams left you lacking laughter
And you lived your life in a smile-free shade.
And you found no faith in an ever after,
From the floor to rafter
Your foundation laid.
© Tony Funderburk 2015-24
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