{"id":20340,"date":"2022-04-29T05:28:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T10:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/?p=20340"},"modified":"2022-04-29T05:39:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T10:39:27","slug":"sometimes-you-gotta-jump-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/sometimes-you-gotta-jump-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes You Gotta Jump."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Risen from the dead? What does this mean? First of all, it\u2019s a fact. Facts create an environment in which we live. One plus one is two. That means two plus two is four and suddenly we have a world so predictable that we can send someone to the moon and back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now the Resurrection is not the kind of fact that you can prove with mathematical counting. It\u2019s a fact that can only be known by believing in the testimony<\/strong> brought forward to witness to it. (We do this all the time . . . believe what someone tells us. E.g. the picture on your digital TV comes to you because of a series of 0\u2019s and 1\u2019s. Uh . . . okay. Or, Fr. John has a Grizzly bear paw print in his room . . . these are facts. Really!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now the testimony we have about the Resurrection comes to us from the Apostles. \u201cWe have seen the Lord! He is truly risen!!\u201d I believe that what they say is true. It becomes for me a fact and I can base my life on it. I live now in a particular way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But you might ask yourself, \u201cHow can I believe this miraculous happening to Jesus?\u201d After all, there are no guarantees. We can\u2019t prove he is risen. We can\u2019t see him walking around Webster! And besides . . . there\u2019s so much trouble in the world, \u201cif Jesus was alive, wouldn\u2019t he take all that away?\u201d In other words, it\u2019s hard to believe in a Christ who doesn\u2019t live up to my expectations!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think we all have moments when our faith feels weak and Christ is silent or far away. Like the apostles returning to their fishing boats, we slink back to our former lives where \u201cJesus Risen\u201d seems like a fairy tale, bigger even than the Santa story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sooner or later you have to decide to trust the news about Jesus. Surrender your \u201cexpectations\u201d. There comes a point when you gotta jump! Life is a matter of trusting the person you love. Remember the time you \u201cjumped\u201d ….. ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n