Got the Easter blues?
T.S. Eliot once said that April was the “cruelest month,” and if statistics are to be believed, April is in fact a depressing time of the year for many people. Why is that, and what does the story of Easter have to say to somebody suffering from the springtime blues? Blaine Smith asks that question in his latest column about April, Easter, and the resurrection:
For the Christian, though, April should sound a different note. It hosts the event that is the greatest celebration of our faith. The news that Christ rose from the dead brings with it the triumphant reminder that we who believe in him will rise also. We will live forever in eternity with him. This is far and away the single greatest hope that the Christian life offers.
Yet the prospect of eternity, like April itself, is an ambivalent hope for many.
Why would the prospect of eternal life be a troubling one? Read the full article for Smith’s observations about Heaven, everlasting life, and what we as humans should think about them.
