Imagine the story of Easter being told by the centurion who led the Roman soldiers. Indeed, that army officer played an important role during one of the most significant events in Jesus’ life.In his own words . . .
Here’s a task for you: try to think of a famous song that has the word ‘hope’ in its title or in the chorus – one that was played on the radio recently; one that runs in a commercial ad; one that just about everybody knows.
It is hope that enables one to keep going in the face of difficult circumstances; it is having an expectancy of a better tomorrow, regardless of the current outlook.
When death take what matters most to us, we go through a storm of emotions. Pain, anger, regret, questions, anxiety, and often unbearable emotional trauma. We ache for genuine comfort. Yet even though we stumble through this maze, there is hope.