“Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?’” John 11:25-26

“Using the power of A.I., I am going to Amaze YOU!” And with that, the magician pulled out of his top hat… not a rabbit… but a BOWLING BALL! Then dropped it with a ‘THUD’… onto the floor! The crowd went WILD!!! “YEAHHHHH!” Along with APPLAUSE APPLAUSE! “A.I.” he said again. “You know what it means right?”

I happened to be thinking that A.I. was ‘Artificial Intelligence,’ because that has been ‘a thing’ for about a year now. But the magician said “NO! It stands for the ‘Almost Impossible!”’ And the crowd roared! We were on our cruise and the magician was the opening act for entertainment. He had us all mesmerized!

After making things appear and disappear for about 45 minutes, he vanished behind the curtain. Then I began to think., “how did he do all that and just how much time and effort did it take him to learn?” The man made a career out of traveling the world ‘mesmerizing people.’ To me, that would NOT be a good life.

Going on a cruise for a period of time is a fun get-away, but to be STUCK on a cruise for 5 days after performing ONE 45 minute gig, then go on to another, seemed lonely and sad. So I resolved to see if I could find him on the ship and impress him with some REAL magic. I only had one question for him!

After keeping an eye out for him for several days, I didn’t seen him. He’d ‘disappeared!’ I WANTED to ask him if he could perform the ULTIMATE trick… one that’s ONLY been seen ONE TIME in the ENTIRE HISTORY of the WORLD! I wanted to ask him, “Can you die… and then come back to life again! Cuz I can!”

I used today’s Bible verse for a Memorial service of one of our Church members. Sadly, the only people who seemed to be amazed were the ones who already knew the same guy I know… His name is Jesus Christ. And not only did He die and come back to life… he left a free ticket to join him in doing the very same thing…

If I WANT to!