Faith That Matters Quotes

“MARCH 22
EASTER: ALL IS WELL Frederick Buechner “Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” LUKE 12:32 NRSV Anxiety and fear are what we know best in this fantastic century of ours. Wars and rumors of wars. From civilization itself to what seemed the most unalterable values of the past, everything is threatened or already in ruins. We have heard so much tragic news that when the news is good we cannot hear it. But the proclamation of Easter Day is that all is well. And as a Christian, I say this not with the easy optimism of one who has never known a time when all was not well but as one who has faced the cross in all its obscenity as well as in all its glory, who has known one way or another what it is like to live separated from God. In the end, his will, not ours, is done. Love is the victor. Death is not the end. The end is life. His life and our lives through him, in him. Existence has greater depth of beauty, mystery, and benediction than the wildest visionary has ever dared to dream. Christ our Lord has risen. What do you fear the most? Remind yourself that your experience of God’s love is victorious, death isn’t the end, and all is well in Christ. Lord, help me trust Christ’s words, to immerse myself in the beauty of this life I live in him. Amen.”
― Frederick Buechner, Faith That Matters: 365 Devotions from Classic Christian Leaders

“God intends his wise, creative, loving presence and power to be reflected into his world through his human creatures. He has enlisted us to act as his stewards in the project of creation. And, following the disaster of rebellion and corruption, he has built into the gospel message the fact that through the work of Jesus and the power of the Spirit, he equips humans to help in the work of getting the project back on track.”
― Frederick Buechner, Faith That Matters: 365 Devotions from Classic Christian Leaders