from today's "Our Daily Walk" by F.B Meyer

THE keynote of this inspiring paragraph is life in union with the Risen Christ. Behind us lies the death of our Lord, which severed for His people their fellowship with the world. As the voice of praise or blame cannot reach the dead, but are arrested at the fast-closed ears, so it is intended that the murmur of the world should not affect us, but that we should be set only on the will of God.

It is not wise, however, to dwell always on the negations of the Christian life. It is true that they are always present, but to dwell on them is to miss the power by which self-sacrifice and self-denial become easy. Do not live on the dying but the risen side of the Saviour’s work. Behold Him as He goes forth upon His upward way to the throne of glory. Seek to experience union with Him in the likeness of His resurrection (Phi 3:10).

this is really true...as a "realist" i tend to be more cynical about things, and it's often this process of questioning things that you get disillusioned, confused or just plain disturbed. of course a Christian has to be discerning, and sift out the wheat from the chaff, but what i'm saying is that sometimes we shouldn't be too concerned about where the edge of the cliff is, but rather how far away we can stay away from it (analogy cribbed from one of the speakers in camp (= )

so today, i shall focus on the bright and beautiful things of being a Christian, of being safe and secure in God's hands. and so i shall not worry about the "lunch session", or fret.