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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hi, my name is Pat Allerton and I'm a vicar in the Church of England
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You know, when I was growing up, and still today, my mum had the most enormous fear of flying
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To the extent that the few times I've been on a plane with her, she had to take Valium
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And even back in the day, before the rules changed, she was allowed to go and visit the captain in the cockpit
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All to calm her nerves, calm her fears. Now, fear of death is perhaps the most human fear to have
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because ultimately, who knows what happens next? But the Christian faith, the Christian hope
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is that we know because of the resurrection of Jesus that ultimately death is not the end
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Jesus and his ministry on earth had some great friends, and one of them was a guy called Lazarus
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who was the brother of Mary and Martha. Now, he died, and Jesus, for some reason
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left him dead and buried for four days, before going to visit the sisters
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And when he did, he comforted them by saying these words, I am the resurrection and the life
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Whoever believes in me will live even though they die. And without further ado, he went out to the tomb and commanded
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Lazarus, come out. And Lazarus came out, hopping, I imagine, because he was bundled together in his grave clothes
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But he came back to life. and if you like that is a picture of the future for all who put their trust in Jesus Christ
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today that one day when God calls time on all of creation on this age those who believe and trust
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in Jesus will hear his voice calling to them saying come out of the grave and come into a
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beautiful and eternal future
