Because He Lives, I Can Face Tomorrow

Day 95 of Photo Inspirations -- Because He Lives, I Can Face Tomorrow

At church yesterday morning (Easter), we sang the beautiful chorus:  "Because He lives, I can face tomorrow.  Because He lives, all fear is gone.  Because I know, He holds the future.  My life is worth the living, just because He lives."

As we sang, I remembered this date....5 years ago, April 5th, 2010.  I was working in a closet at a home where my sister-in-law and I were getting an estate sale ready for a client.   I received the phone call I had been waiting for, except I didn't get the news I had hoped for.  My daughter was at home with her daddy when the doctor's office called to give the report of the results of the recent bone biopsy that was done.  Subsequently, they called me.  Alone in that closet, I was jolted when I heard the report.  "He has Stage 4 Renal Cell Carcinoma Cancer -- metastasized."    I couldn't hold back the tears, but then, getting a grip -- I hastened home to be with my Love.  That day, our unplanned Faith Journey would begin.    During that Easter season before us, we embraced the cross of our Savior who bore the stripes for our healing like never before.  We were committed to trusting in God's faithfulness.  And, the prayers we prayed for God's wisdom and guidance, as well as our family's unwavering faith, tenacity and joy, was well intact the next 7-1/2 months until His total healing came when he graduated to heaven.

As I sang that chorus, I realized that I had never sung those words with more fervor as I sang them yesterday's Easter morning.  Without a shadow of a doubt, I KNOW I have this strong, tenacious faith because I knew then, and I know now, that He who holds tomorrow, has held me in a tight grip since that day, April 5th, 2010.

The final verse of that song goes like this:   "And then one day, I'll cross that river.  I'll fight life's final war with pain.  And then as death gives way to victory.  I'll see the lights of glory and I'll know He lives."  That was my Sweetheart's reward for His faithfulness in his own faith journey.  No question in my mind at all -- he is living in the lights of glory and he is face-to-face with our King of Kings -- and he is proclaiming to all of us:  "I LIVE, because He LIVES!!  He really LIVES!!"

I imagine that some of you who are reading this post today are facing insurmountable questions and concerns, and I assure you "Because He lives, you, too, can face whatever the future holds.  Make a decision, today, to hold fast to His love, mercy, and infinite wisdom.  Embrace the cross and the empty tomb -- that guarantees victory for your todays AND tomorrows.  He really LIVES!