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But he said to them, ‘Do not be alarmed; you
are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is
not here. Look, there is the place they laid him. But go, tell his
disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will
see him, just as he told you.’
Go see!
The calendar says
‘April,’ but spring is hard to find. The morning temperature is 26, snowflakes
float aimlessly in a bitter breeze and the space heater at my feet drones on.
But look closer.
A cardinal perched outside
my window calls for his mate. Crocuses push through crusty soil. Buds by the millions
appear high on trees alive bird song.
Nature signals its
resurrection. The time is near. No, not near. For us, the
time has come.
We live in the time of
resurrection. Jesus has come from his tomb. Death has no more hold on him. Easter
shows us what God has wanted ... and been doing ... all along. God gives life
to dead matter and raises it each time it falls. The truth of resurrection is written
in the very fabric of nature.
In Jesus, we see death
is powerless to stop the God who gives life, the God who is life. So go see! Go
to Galilee, that is, to the common places in your life.
The risen, life-giving
love of Christ lives there. You will see him.
Pr. David L.
Miller
