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 story. So often we think that life is to be found in more active things, ... and
 each and everyone of us has his or her own ideas of what that is to him. But we
-could not be less on the wrong track. Life comes from God, from the creator. And
+could not be less on the right track. Life comes from God, from the creator. And
 it is with God, with the creator. He gave it to Jesus, new life, a different life,
 eternal life! Let us think more about this ...
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-**  ...**
+** Believe ...**
+It is interesting to think about the resurrection. I believe it is true. I think
+that something special happened that day, on the third day after the crucifiction
+of Jesus. I believe that God did something new, something special.
+Yet, what is my belief worth? What does it mean? Is it just a thought: yes, it
+happened? Or is it more? A faith which is merely a thought about what might have
+been, is it more worth than the thought, that it might not have been? It is
+only worth something if it has meaning and if it changes my life!
+And that is what faith in Jesus is about. It is not a thought that something might
+be fact. It is a transforming power. He is alife, and he wants to be in my life
+as well. He wants to be there as a changing force, changing my mind, my feelings,
+my actions, my words, everything. That is what faith is about: Gods presence in
+my life, his changing presence!
+It is good to think about it. If my faith is merely some thought about what might
+be reality, it is nothing. But if it is a driving force to be full of truth, full
+of love, full of wisdom, full of perspective and hope and future, then it is
+something. If it links me to the beginning and the end, to the eternal God, then
+I have found.
 (Roland Potthast)
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