The real miracle of the Christian faith is the confident hope that, because of God's love and interaction in our lives, we can always do better. That's why we are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Not because we are Americans, but because America, in large part, was founded by people who believed in the New Testament concept of resurrection. And so each year, after we've thrown away all the excesses of broken and unused Christmas presents, we energize our hope by focusing on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Sunday we focus on our risen Lord, and believe that we will be better because Jesus' resurrection is our resurrection also.
Resurrection makes life worth living.