The angels chided the apostles as they stood puzzled and perhaps nostalgic as they looked longingly toward heaven. Their lot was not to be "pie in the sky", but to bear witness, hard witness, to Jesus and all that he had taught them. Their work was to be here, among other human beings, human institutions, families, communities, nations. We can easily get caught in the trap of looking to the sky for answers, for escape, for affirmation as the challenges of this ever-increasingly secular world stirr up doubt and cynicism. It's disconcerting when a 14 year old teen says he or she is an atheist, or just simply doesn't go to church on Sundays. No time. Too busy. Yet, it is exciting an reassuring when a teen of the same age says that since he or she discovered Jesus, life has been come to mean much more. A boy came up to me last night with these very words, "I love the Bible. I've read the four gospels. I'd love to come and talk with you about the them. This is my favorite verse: John 3:16." Jesus is still very much alive, still as attractive as he was when he walked this earth. He still works in hearts. No, no need to be gazing toward heaven...we can find Jesus here among our own. Let us bear ourselves with joy and confidence. He is with us, as he promised, to the end of time.
Bro. Rene
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