Romans 8:38-39 (NIV)
38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any
powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be
able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
June 6, 1994, was the 50th anniversary of the Allied
invasion of Normandy, which began the historic World War II battle to liberate
continental Europe from Nazi control. All the major television networks ran
anniversary programs that included interviews with aging veterans.
One of the programs paired two contrasting interviews
back to back. The first interview was with a marine who had landed on Omaha
Beach. He recalled horrors that sounded like scenes from Steven Spielberg's
Academy Award-winning movie Saving Private Ryan. The aging veteran recalled
looking around at the bloody casualties surrounding him and concluding,
"We're going to lose!"
The next interview was with a U.S. Army Air Corps
reconnaissance pilot who had flown over the whole battle area. He viewed the
carnage on the beaches and hills, but he also witnessed the successes of the
marines, the penetration by the paratroopers, and the effectiveness of the
aerial bombardment. He looked at everything that was happening and concluded, "We're
going to win!"
Two men two different perspectives.
To live by faith is to live joyfully, to live with
assurance, untroubled by doubts and with complete confidence in all we have to
do and suffer at each moment by the will of God. We must realize that it is in
order to stimulate and sustain this faith that God allows the soul to be
buffeted and swept away by the raging torrent of so much distress, so many
troubles, so much embarrassment and weakness, and so many setbacks. For it is
essential to have faith to find God behind all this.
How will you look at the things that happen in your life?
Dear Lord, we pray for a positive attitude in the way we
react to the things in our life. Thanks for being in control. In Jesus’ Name,
Amen.
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