There is life everywhere.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with the point.

It's one of Russian painter Nikolai Yarrchenko's most iconic works.

Out of the window of a prison car, a small child feeds a group of pigeons.

We're not told who the child is mother or their fellow captives are.

Yarrishenko's titles are only clue.

Life is everywhere. As the world watches, the situation unfold in Ukraine, we're forced to

deal with the world's fundamental brokenness and the stark realities of human evil. But at the same

time, there's something more pervasive than evil and death. Life. Today, even in Ukraine, there'll be

babies born. Marriage is officiated. Neighbors gathering to pray and sing. On a deeper level, redeemed life is everywhere.

Jesus came that we might have life and have it abundantly. That life is not about material wealth or simply waiting for heaven.

It's a renewed commitment to the values of God's kingdom right now. That's as simple as loving our neighbors,

worshiping, or giving a cup of cold water to someone in need.

The joy Christians taken life points to our ultimate hope, a hope that cannot be shaken.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with The Point.