"Existence has greater depths of beauty, mystery, and benediction than the wildest visionary has ever dared to dream"
That's a line from The Magnificent Defeat by Frederick Buechner. And I think it is true. I think it is also encouraging, because it hints at the fact that there is a visionary, a dreamer who is wilder than the wildest we know. There is a vision, a dream that is wilder than the wildest we can conjure up. There is a depth of beauty that cuts through all the grime and slime of life. There is a depth of mystery that explains away the unexplainable situation of sin and death. There is a good word that is better than all the enticing words of falsehood that are incessantly whispered to us by our world, our enemy, our selves.
That beauty, mystery, and benediction have something to do with the claim that, "He is risen." It is a bold claim, a bold reality, a bold faith. May we who believe not be unchanged.
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