Because He Lives

          As a pastor in a new place you have a lot to learn (and even after a while, you still do!). One of the first things that I learned at TBC was the way the service ended. When Pastor Les was leading here, the service would end with the chorus of “Because He Lives”. We still do. It’s a great reminder of the hope that we have and why we have it. When Pastor Les passed away, Marcia was looking for hymns for his service and obviously this one came up. But it’s a specific verse of this beloved hymn that really got to her and has stuck with me for days…

“And then one day,

I’ll cross the river, 

I’ll fight life’s final war with pain.

And then as death

Gives way to victory, 

I’ll see the lights of glory and I’ll know He lives!”

Sing it with me…

“Because He lives, 

I can face tomorrow.

Because He lives, 

All fear is gone.

Because I know

He holds the future.

And life is worth the living just because He lives!”

In His Service,

Pastor Jared