i have been thinking about the resurrection and something the apostle paul said…
if we have been crucified and buried with jesus, we are also raised with him
failure may sometimes loom as if it will serve as an early grave for us. when this happens, it is easy to believe that life is essentially over, that our voice has been silenced, that our purpose – the very thing we were created to do – is now lost to us, that we are dead and impotent, that a large immovable stone has been rolled upon our heart and soul and marked with a permanent seal which now defines us. and even though a part of us agrees with this assessment (even if it’s only 1%), easter tells us otherwise. easter means we don’t have to stay in the grave. in fact, easter means it is impossible to stay there.
raised to live a new life
easter means that we are new. not just that ‘things have changed’ – this is not merely circumstantial. easter means that we have never breathed this air before and the lungs that are pumping it have never inhaled or exhaled before. indeed, every molecule of our being is now part of new creation. we have just become what the abba of jesus had in mind when he knit us together.
he put thomas’ fingers into his side and showed him his hands, the scars
jesus could have been raised without scars. even john the revelator, in his visions, sees jesus at the end of time…with scars. praise god for that 1% that remained! how many would not have believed if it were not for the resurrected scars? so it is with you and me, my friend. that part of us which can’t let go of our failure, can’t forget the past, can’t detach from old creation…it will, in time, become a hope and a blessing for many. dear lord jesus, please, easter in us…do not make us have to wait too long…
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