Happily Ever After

G.K. Chesterton once compared Christianity with a fairy tale. Many, myself included, sometimes see following Christ as a heavy and wearisome task. But didn't Jesus say,"Come to me all you who labor and our burdened and I will give you rest"? Christianity is not a tragedy but rather the greatest fairy tale of all time. Jesus Christ died. He was murdered in the most horrific way possible. He was abandoned by His followers. He died with nothing. Yet He did the impossible. He came back! He rose from the dead! Is that amazing or what? Doesn't that defie reality? How can a man rise from the dead? That is not realistic. He did it though. Jesus Christ rose from the dead.
The martyrs those who gave their lives for Christ seemed to have tragic endings to their lives. Most were brutalized in the extremes before being killing. One of the Jesuit martyrs of North America had his fingers chewed off! St. Appolina had her teeth ripped out! Many of them were killed in the prime of their lives. Little St. Agnes was only 12, St. Tarcisius I believe 10. Those who weren't martyred lead far from pleasant lives. They were abused by family, betrayed by those closest to them, persecuted by those in the Church, called fools, hypocrites and every other insult. They met opposition everywhere. Our own lives bear witness to the suffering of Christians. It would seem that the life of a Christian is a tragedy. It is not though. We have the final victory. We have a happily ever after FOREVER! Our lives may end in suffering and pain but we go on living for all time and eternity in perfect bliss. The world will end but we will rise with Christ.

Christianity is really a divine fairytale with happily ever afters, world without end. With Christ little boys can slay giants and frogs turn into princes. With Christ anything is possible. Look at the saints again. They have defied the laws of nature not by their own power but by God's. They have been in more than one place at the same time, levitated in prayer, lived on bread and water, received the wounds of Christ and remained alive thru great torment and torture. Nothing is impossible with God. He holds the universe in His hands and can change the rules if He wishes.