{"id":744,"date":"2020-04-10T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/?p=744"},"modified":"2020-04-10T09:40:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T09:40:02","slug":"easter-weekend-and-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/?p=744","title":{"rendered":"EASTER WEEKEND! (and covid)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p>There is a saying given to us in God&#8217;s word that is worth deeply thinking about in our current world crisis.<\/p>\n<p>It goes like this&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. the &#8220;fear of death&#8221; makes us &#8220;subject to lifelong slavery&#8221;. &nbsp; That is is Hebrews 2:15. &nbsp;Our current situation shows how easily a &#8220;fear of death&#8221; can be used to change decades of entrenched behavior. &nbsp;Perhaps the recent changes will be for good. &nbsp;I do not know. &nbsp;But it is obvious that it is relatively easy to influence and change the behavior of masses of people through fear, whether for good or ill.<\/p>\n<p>The current world has always been full of frustration and futility. &nbsp;As old King Solomon said, it is &#8220;an unhappy business&#8221; and &#8220;vanity of vanities&#8221;. &nbsp;A &#8220;striving after the wind&#8221;. &nbsp;&#8220;What is crooked cannot be made straight and what is lacking cannot be counted.&#8221; &nbsp;Weariness. &nbsp;But there is a remedy. &nbsp;Only one remedy, but a glorious one. &nbsp;There is more to this life than this life!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;It is Easter weekend&#8230;. a time to celebrate the remedy! &nbsp;Christ Jesus has destroyed death, and has brought life and immortality to light. &nbsp;He died. &nbsp;He rose again. &nbsp;He gives a new and different life. &nbsp;An eternal life that we get to start living here on this temporary earth.<\/p>\n<p>This Easter weekend, we do not need to cower in fear. &nbsp;We need to live each day &#8220;under the sun&#8221; in this frustrating, futile world remembering that this world will end. &nbsp;Whether it is through climate change, or nuclear holocaust, or some other means, again, I do not know. &nbsp;But God&#8217;s word makes it clear that at some time He will end the current world. &nbsp;A new era will begin.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;The absolute futility of our current world will be a thing of the past. &nbsp;As Christians, we are instructed not to live for this world anyway. &nbsp;We have an eternal and glorious future on a new earth with God as the rightful ruler. &nbsp;So let&#8217;s remember this. &nbsp;He is also our rightful ruler here and now. &nbsp;He is still in charge and has told us that things like our current situation will happen&#8230;and worse&#8230;before He sets things right. &nbsp;Our priority should be to be used by God to rescue others we love so they will enjoy a glorious future in eternity also.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a saying given to us in God&#8217;s word that is worth deeply thinking about in our current world crisis. 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