staci_stallings@hotmail.com
I finally get it. Okay, it took me a while, but I finally understand
why the Gospel is called "The Good News." This morning my church burned to the
ground. Thankfully, the adjacent building was saved because of the
awesome fire department, but the sanctuary is a total loss. At approximately
5:30 this morning the roof caved in, and everything that wasn't already
destroyed by the fire was demolished. Interestingly as I sat and watched the
building I have grown to so love burn to the ground, I couldn't help but be so
grateful for The GOOD News I have learned there, and The GOOD News is
this...
This is Friday, pure and simple. Friday was full of anguish and
mourning as Christ carried that cross up the hill and was nailed there forall to
see. It wouldn't have been good news if that had been the end. If that had been
the end, suffering and mourning like today would have been all we could
have done. That would have been anything but good news. Ah! But that wasn't
the end, and thus it is truly The GOOD News! Because of the gift given us
by our Gracious and Loving God, we know... we KNOW that even in the depths of
the pain of Friday... Sunday's coming. Sunday, the Resurrection, Christ
glorified is coming! And so even in the midst of sorrow for the old,
even in the midst of the pain of saying good-bye to what was, we know that what
is coming is infinitely better than we ever couldhave imagined! Now, let
me tell you, on a day like today, THAT is GOOD News!
So, if you are suffering through a Friday in your life. If yet another
bill has found its way into your mailbox, if yet again you haven't made the
sales you had hoped, if yet again you are left to mourn whatappears to be the
death of your dream... TAKE HOPE! Take JOY! Rejoice! Because The Good
News says, "This is only Friday. You must let Friday die so that Sunday can
live, and never ever forget that Sunday's coming! That's right all you
toilers who think 'What's the use?' The use is SUNDAY'S COMING, and it's going to
be better than you can even imagine!"
What a day, God. What a day!
Copyright 2007 by Staci Stallings
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