So we do not glorify the cross; we do not romanticize the cross. If the cross was the end of the story, we would not still be gathering to observe it two thousand years later. Instead, redemption is found in the Resurrection. It is in the empty tomb where we find hope and the cross is given new meaning.

One of the spiritual themes of aging is to find meaning and purpose in your life as you grow older. You find meaning in life by receiving God’s love and accepting that you are loved by God, not for what you do, but for who you are. You find purpose in life through the love you show toward others, allowing God’s love that you have received and accepted, to flow through you to others.

Sometimes silence frightens us. We don’t know what to do with ourselves. We fill our lives with activities and distractions to cover the emptiness of silence. This wonderful hymn is an invitation to find God’s presence in the midst of all the chaos and clutter of our lives. Let silence be your friend who leads you to know the presence of God with you each day.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

John 1:5

"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die."
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 (NRSV)

“. . . for it is God who is at work in you,

enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.”

Philippians 2:13