Alive: What hope do we have then?
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
John 1:5 NIV
What hope do we have then?
Night will fall on you.
Of course it will.
You will find yourself one day
alone
wandering the desert of your failures.
You will stand by the deathbed of your dreams,
helpless and afraid.
What hope do we have then?
My friend, when the Spirit wrapped itself
in the Rabbi’s flesh, it declared
that we are to have life in all its fullness.
Yet we have forgotten that death
is part of life, that existence grows
from decay.
We have forgotten that night
is simply an opportunity
to anticipate
another sunrise.
Author: Gideon Heugh, Tearfund