MAX ON LIFE

55. On a daily basis we're bombarded with worst-case-scenario headlines about illnesses or terrorism or financial collapse. These are very real concerns. But we can't spend all day hiding from life. What type of advice would you give us?

Let's avoid the two extremes.
One extreme is the Chicken Little who runs around, saying, "The sky is falling, the sky is falling." That's called panic.
The other extreme is Pollyanna. Pollyanna is the one who says, "Oh, nothing bad is happening, nothing bad is happening. It's bot bad. It's all good." That's called ignorance.
This world stinks sometimes. There's cancer and there's death in this world. There's sadness in this world. There are orphans in this world. There's hunger in this world. And sometimes you're going to pray for things, and the prayer isn't going to be answered the way you want. It's hard to be a Pollyanna when the sky is falling!
But somewhere between Chicken Little and Pollyanna are the sober, honest disciples of Christ who don't freak out at the presence of problems. Who don't lose faith when problems come. They know that all these problems are a natural unfolding of events.
For in the end, all believers will tumble skyward into the embrace of heaven, where nothing bad will ever happen again.

By: Max Lucado