Resurrection means that the worst thing is never the
last thing. Frederick Buechner
After a few lengthy quotes from Buechner, we take time
today with a single sentence.
A few questions:
What was the worst thing in your life this year? Name, notice, pray, shout it aloud.
What was your response and reaction while living
through that worst moment? How do you
view that event or experience today?
Here you are with the truth of the terrible thing,
still breathing, still striving or struggling, and surviving. What does that reality provoke in you?
What if resurrection isn’t just a restoration of the
past (remember Jesus says to Mary do not cling to me) or a recitation of
breath, but resurrection can feel like something new? And resurrection always bears the wounds of
yesterday into the newness of what might be.
May your life hold the beautiful and terrible, the awe
and awful, and hard and holy of these days.
Amen.
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