Happy Endings

Ah, the ending of fairy tales. Without fail, the man and woman ride off into the sunset, or kiss at their wedding, or simply hold each other, whispering promises of faithfulness and love. Words added or assumed, they live happily ever after...
I know what you are thinking: Pa-lease! Yeah right. No one lives happily ever after. Couples fight, especially married couples. What's not written on the pages or seen in the scenes are the angry words the wife spews after her husband leaves his dirty boxers on the floor (a foot away from the hamper) for the upteenth time. And how about the ugly expression the husband gives his wife when he discovers (again) the thick clump of hair halfway down the sink? Let's not forget what children do to a relationship. Apparently adding little combination clones decreases the happiness reported by couples. Yeah, drops way low. 

So why are we lying to our children??? Why tell these stupid stories that do not reflect real life? Why make them believe that good guys always win and that everything turns out all right in the end? Why let them go through life with an optimistic lie in their tiny, gullible minds? 

BECAUSE IT IS NOT A LIE! Wait, what?

Yes, this life has strife and trials, but this life also has a happy ending. The happiest ending ever! Christ has conquered and won. Satan and his followers have lost the war. We have victory in Jesus! It will be as romantic as those cheesy love stories too. Revelation 19:7 says, "Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready." We are the bride of Christ. Isn't that exciting?  We even get our knight who will come and rescue us. Revelation 19 describes Jesus as a knight on a white horse. Okay, maybe not as a knight, but a warrior with the armies of Heaven behind him. That's even better! Death won't even be a threat: "Where, o death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? (1 Corin. 15:55)."

Who could ask for a better happily-ever-after than that?