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\"ID-100165304\"<\/a>As I heard the devastating news of two little boys killed in a house fire, I was struck by how quickly the lives of that family changed. One moment a mom and dad were playing with their children, the next moment their house was on fire and their children were unable to escape. Loved ones lost, a home reduced to ashes. Devastation was everywhere you looked.<\/p>\n

In a strange way, the devastation focused my thoughts on this Holy Week. From palm branches waiving, people shouting, \u201c Hosanna\u201d during the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, to the night Jesus was betrayed and later hung on the cross, much changed for His followers. Elation gave way to despair. The Christ suffered and was put to death. What must the witnesses thought?<\/p>\n

Did they give in to momentary despair like those who witnessed the fire must have done? Or did they try to remain optimistic, recalling the prophetic words of Christ and the Scriptures? In the natural, all appeared to be lost. The cup of suffering was not removed.<\/p>\n

Philip Yancey, in his book, The Jesus I Never Knew<\/em>, points out that when Christ gave breath to his last words, \u201cMy God, My God, Why have you forsaken me?\u201d He used the word, \u201cGod\u201d instead of \u201cAbba\u201d or \u201cFather.\u201d Christ felt abandoned by\u00a0the Father during His darkest hour.<\/p>\n

When tragedy strikes a family, that same sense of momentary abandonment is felt. But in the spiritual realm, the darkness of Good Friday eventually gives way to the light of Easter morning. Yancey says, Easter holds out the promise of reversibility. Destruction and even death can be reversed because of what Christ accomplished on the Cross. Easter is the starting point. It is a preview of an ultimate reality. Our present lives are the contradiction of what is to come.<\/p>\n

So as a family grieves, and the rest of us struggle through our emotional<\/em> \u201crubble,\u201d Easter brings hope. If God could do what He did on Easter, then what more does He have for us eternally? Easter is a glimpse of eternity.<\/p>\n

Yancey points out that the physical scars Christ suffered remained on His transformed body as a reminder that painful memories may never completely go away, but the hurt of those scars eventually will. As we rebuild our lives from devastating times, remember that Holy Week reminds us that someday, we all get a new start. Tears will be gone. Suffering will be no more.<\/p>\n

After Good Friday, comes Easter-the hope of new life!<\/p>\n

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