because He lives

hey all,

here's to a mid-week post. i hope everyone's doing great. art fair is charming, i'll say that much, if also a bit overpriced ($7 gyros??).

yesterday, i felt overwhelmed by several things: the current work i have to do, the first round of exams that i'll face in a month, my very real habit of procrastination and the task of still adjusting to a new place. but just like that, the hymn "because He lives" came to me.

the chorus you'll all recognize goes like this:
because He lives, I can face tomorrow
because He lives, all fear is gone
because I know He holds the future
and life is worth the living
just because He lives

it's so simple, isn't it? the very fact that Jesus lives, that He resurrected and conquered death and all the darkness that we feel surrounded by sometimes, that should be enough to embolden us, and make us ready to face the new day. God isn't giving us a superficial, temporary comfort here, instead He's blessing us with a comfort based on the rock-solid truth of His son's resurrection.

to this i say woohoo! i hope this hymn is a comfort for you all as well.