Resurrection

Resurrection requires death.

Death is sacrifice on Good Friday.

The sacrifice is our salvation.

We descend into hopeless despair,
     it appears, after Jesus dies
     on the cross.

The disciples hide, afraid and
     anxious about themselves.

They are yet unwilling to die
     in similar fashion for the cause.

Then Jesus returns.
     He is alive.
     He teaches them, through his presence,
        God’s ultimate power to transform
        hopelessness into hope, anxiety into
        peace, despair into unfettered joy.

All this time has passed
     and we still stand at the foot of the cross, 
     gaze into the empty tomb and place
     our fingers into his wounds 
     in the upper room.

Just as the disciples were transformed
     now willing to give everything for him
     so, we too, are asked to make full
     commitment to serving Jesus.

Will resurrection and the living Jesus
     make any difference to us this Easter?

Moving to the deeper places,

Jeff