"But as for me, I trust in You, O LORD; I say, 'You are my God.' My times are in Your hand . . . "
This perspective of David (above) is very liberating. Instead of wring-
ing our hands in worry and uncertainty, and concern over whatever the future holds--the wise churchman leaves his or her life completely in God's hands, by faith in Christ. Where *others* are certain to wrap themselves around the axle of the anxieties of the world, and try to draw us into their faithlessness--the sincere churchman resists this (natural and easy) tendency.
What is *our* outlook today: one of dark and dismal gloom; or one of hopeful grace (in Jesus)? Easter (as is also true of every Sunday) re-
minds us that our Redeemer lives, and that we have cause for both hope and rejoicing.
[Puritan quote of the day: "All the church's pangs help forward her de-
liverance." --Thomas Watson, in, "A Body of Divinity"]
