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Be Loved This Lent
Photograph by samira sadeqi / Unsplash It was one of those nights when my mind wasn’t Read More
Elizabeth W. Corrie | Read Ezekiel 37:1-14
God commands Ezekiel to prophesy over the dry bones, and he does. But at the end of the great noise and quaking, when sinews join bones, flesh is added, and skin covers these bodies, there is not yet breath. These reconstituted bodies are still dead. So God commands Ezekiel to...
Breathe deeply, using your belly. As you breathe, give thanks to the Lord God who draws on all creation to place this breath in you, this moment, and every moment.
God is the source of life and therefore triumphs over death. This does not mean, however, that our lives will be without hardship or death. The psalmist cries out impatiently. The exiles in Babylon remain in captivity. Mary and Martha mourn Lazarus. Even Jesus himself cries for his friends. But as we await the resurrection of the dead on the Day of Judgment, we also have a taste of resurrection now. This is what it means to set our minds and attitudes on Christ, experiencing the power of the Holy Spirit as we journey in trust and hope together with our fellow sojourners in Christ’s church.
Read Psalm 130. When have you longed impatiently for God? How can you lean on these ancient words for comfort during these times?
Read Ezekiel 37:1-14. What do you believe will happen after you die? How does Ezekiel’s vision relate to this? Does it change how you think about resurrection?
Read John 11:1-45. What do you believe Jesus means when he proclaims that he is the resurrection and the life? How does this relate to your own understanding of death and resurrection?
Read Romans 8:6-11. How can you cultivate a mind that is set on Christ? How would this change some of the ways you currently act or think?
Respond by posting a prayer.
