When we look at nature: Trees, flowers, and grass growing together; birds chirping, animals, reptiles, amphibians and human beings living together in love, we begin to wonder at the marvellous creation of God; On the other hand we witness, people being suppressed, oppressed, and abused in all imaginable and unimaginable ways – people starving to death, children made to labour, women, young girls forced to sell their flesh to meet the need of their families. Bombs are being dropped; people are denied their right to life due to envy, greed and pride of the human beings. Scientific development is looking for ways to enhance and to prolong life on this earth. The struggle to live longer is apparent.
At times when we look at the world with pessimistic, realistic eyes then one got to say that death is stronger than life and eventually it wins out at the cessation of our temporal life. But Christians believe that since Jesus who was born on this earth, shared with us ordinary life, suffered unjustly, died and finally is risen and lives again. Hence the followers of Christ will meet victory. They believe that life is stronger than death, that human life is going somewhere, and that no failure is ever complete, that no disaster is irreparable or lasting.
"I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. (Jn: 10-10)."
Now it is apt to say that Jesus came to save us from the eternal damnation. He has saved us by His death on the cross on Calvary. Jesus’ life clearly reveals that life is stronger than death.
Is life tragedy or comedy? Now the choice is yours whether you want to make it a comedy or live a life of tragedy. Jesus gives us guidelines, methodology to tread the path when he said, “I am the way, the truth and the life.”
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