Dan's Garage Door Blog - Archive – The Truly Important

“Almighty God, thou hast made us for thyself, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in thee…”

-St. Augustine of Hippo

Did you ever notice an often physically-felt, stressful reaction when something breaks?

It seems that the fact of breakage triggers a slew of quickly felt, negative thoughts like “New expense!” “Time-consuming!” “Burdensome,” and “Frustrating.”

New items are only new for a while.  Wear-down, and eventually breakdown occurs.  This extends to plant and tree life.  The same goes for the animal kingdom, and in the human sphere as well.

But there is an inborn–and often subconscious–desire for order, beauty, and functionality.  When someone gives a wedding gift to the bride and groom, they do not give a broken one, obviously.  Besides tackiness and lack of usability, it also speaks of disorder–at a time when this beautiful new relationship is about to commence.

So we gravitate toward a sense of order, despite the evident breakdown we see around us every day in varying forms.  But just what is broken in the universe?

At this Easter season, we invite you to visit our “Only Thing In Life That Really Matters” page (see left) to learn more. 

The Resurrection

Matthew 28:1 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. 4 And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. 5 But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he [1] lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you.” 8 So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.” (From the Holy Bible, ESV)