Resurrection

The message this week was about the resurrection of Christ. It got me thinking. Resurrection reverses the usual order of things. We are born, we grow up, and we die. Resurrection reverses that order and is evidence of God's order of things breaking into the world. The resurrection of Christ was a permanent reversal contrasted to the resurrection of Lazarus who eventually died again.

There are, I think, many "resurrections" in our life - many evidences where the usual order of things reverses - both physically and spiritually. Some of these might be in relationships where instead of estrangement and separation, forgiveness is sought and given and the relationship is resurrected and reconciled.

Physically we see it every year with the changing of the seasons. One of my favorite songs by Nicole Nordeman illustrates this - See it here.

I like the connection between resurrection and life. Just as physical resurrection means physical "coming back to life" so it is with the spiritual and emotional. Be on the look out for how the normal order of things in your life is reversed from time to time - how someone is generous instead of selfish; how a kind word is spoken rather than a critical one; how someone chooses to forgive instead of hold bitterness and hate.

And take time this spring to notice the buds on the trees, the bulbs sprouting up in the garden, and the grass turning green again....and think of the resurrection.