Abelardo N. Navarro
The best proof of another life after this one is Jesus Christ. One thing and one thing only can explain it: His disciples had encountered the real, solid, bodily-resurrected Jesus Christ. Not a hallucination. Not mass hypnosis. Not looking in the wrong tomb or any other silly excuse. If this miracle was just made up, it would have been unmasked quickly. Christianity would not have grown so rapidly in the first century. His disciples would not have given up their lives for a lie. That is simply not human nature.
Christ’s hand-picked disciples were humiliated, beaten, crucified, sawn in half, fed to wild animals and suffered numerous atrocities because of their belief in the resurrection. The flesh and blood risen Christ was also seen and touched by more than 500 people. (1 Corinthians 15, 6). That's why the resurrection story could not be silenced. That's why Christianity continues to grow today.
Nature also gives us ample evidence of another life after this one. A seed dies and becomes a tree. A larva dies and becomes a beautiful butterfly. Metamorphosis is defined as a transformation, a marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function. Isn’t that how the second life is described in the Bible?
Please pause for a moment and reflect on how you can live a more courageous life. Courage in its purest form means making a stand for love -- love of God, neighbor and self. Don't miss out on the last one.
"Let nothing disturb you, nothing affright you. All things are passing; God never changes. Patient endurance attains to all things. Nothing is wanting to him who possesses God. Alone God suffices."
St. Teresa of Avila
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