Cartoonology Devotional 11-16-09

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Share on Facebook Cartoonology Devotional 11-16-09 E. Larry Ross Cartoonology.  There is great theology in cartoons and comics. Life is quite a paradox.  What is a paradox?  It is a contradiction in terms.  What makes trees look so beautiful in the fall is the fact that their leaves are dying.  We don't think of death as beautiful, but for the child of God it is exactly that.  For the Christian, death is simply a transition to a new life, which is much better.  While we watch the leaves die in the fall, and while the trees seem to be dying, we know that new life will appear again in the spring.  The changing seasons of the year are a wonderful reminder of the resurrection promised to those who die in the Lord.  They are constant reminders of death and new life.  Both are beautiful – the dying of the leaves in the Fall and their budding again in the spring. The Apostle Paul was very eloquent in his description of death.  He knew that because of the atoning work of Christ on the cross, and because of the resurrection of Christ from the grave, those who place their faith in Him would not have to fear death.  A man's Christian wife died.  He could not bring himself to write on her tombstone the word "died".  Instead, he requested the word "ascended".  While our temporal, earthly bodies go down into the earth, our soul lives on forever in the presence of the Lord.  Indeed, death makes everything change colors. 2 Corinthians 5:4 (NLT) 4 While we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh, but it's not that we want to die and get rid of these bodies that clothe us. Rather, we want to put on our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by life.   11-16-09 Submit you own Cartoonology Devotional and I will post it to my web page.  Click here for more info. Click on the link here to see all previous Cartoonology Devotionals or visit the Pastor's blog at http://larryross.blogspot.com. To receive this daily devotional by e-mail, send a message to edrynn@verizon.net and ask for it.  Pastor Ross sends out the devotional several days a week. These devotionals are free for the using.  Share them with others.  We only ask that you let people know where you got them.  If you would like to contribute to our church's ministry, however, make your check payable to New Life Community Baptist Church and mail it to 1560 Oakwood Street, Bedford VA 24523.  Thanks and God bless