Ahem...I wasn't at home on Sunday. I skipped out of the city and took a ferry ride to a delightful place called Gibsons on the Sunshine Coast, and yes it was actually sunny there! Linda, if you're reading this, that's where you can find some summer! It's one of my favourite spots in the whole world.
Here's a Sunday thought on Tuesday, to make up for this past Sunday...
"That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage." (Hebrews 2: 14 & 15)
That was in my Daily Light reading this morning and the words leapt off the page, as I've been thinking of death a lot recently, and discussing it with my Mom. One of her sisters has congestive heart failure. She is quite weak and wants to go Home. But being human, we are all a little afraid of dying, aren't we? Life seems so strange at times. It's fine and wonderful if you are young, and have your health, and all your years stretching ahead of you; so much to look forward to.
But when you are 87 and have a weak heart, what then? You know your days are really numbered. I know a few people who have cancer, and their days are limited too. Of course, none of us knows if we will live until tomorrow, but disease and old age really put a lid on things! So it feels like all my life I've been subject to the fear of death, but I don't need to keep that fear, because Christ has delivered me, by destroying him that has the power of death, by dying Himself. What a marvelous thought, and not just for Sunday! It really encouraged me.
