... into the next, just as easy as you please. Then we wonder why death comes as such a shock when it punches us in the stomach! Comedian Woody Allen has a great line about death. He says, "I’m not afraid to die. I just don’t want to be there when it happens!" A little girl ... no hope of finding anything positive in this latest tragedy. Resurrection came, not with trumphets blaring amidst the Easter lilies, but quietly, in the early morning mist, while it was still too dark to see. Through tears and weariness ...
... statement. “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” Comedian Woody Allen asked why God couldn’t give us some kind of sign that He exists, like depositing a million dollars in a Swiss bank ... skies and seas; His hand the wonders wrought. This is my Father's world, the birds their carols raise, The morning light, the lily white, declare their Maker's praise. This is my Father's world: He shines in all that's fair; In the rustling grass ...
... , that they have no Father such as cares for you and me.” Another unknown poet put it like this: “If God sees the sparrow’s fall, Paints the lilies short and tall, Gives the skies their azure hue, Will He not then care for you?” Joni Eareckson Tada, that wonderful writer who praises God even though years ... Wisdom of Baseball (Lincolnwood, IL: Publications International, Ltd., 1999), p. 178. 8. Charles L. Allen, Life More Abundant (Old Tappan, N.J.: Fleming H. Revell, 1968). 9. Biblical Illustrator.
