God as new day. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com [mailto:adebelak@redeemerluth.com]On that day when the empty tomb started to rumble we entered a new day. Yes, it
was the first day of the week - but it was not the first day of the week like every
other first day of the week. Usually the first day of the week was the beginning
of the same old thing coming around for another play. That is how death works.
It never stops trying to rule the day. The first day of the week is - for all of
us - the day we continue what has been - the brokenness - the fear that conquers
us - the hatred that divides us - the desires that invite war - the rivalry that
never stops - the finger pointing that is another attempt to create the world in
our own image. And yet, on the first day of the week within the story of the Resurrection,
God hands us life that is contrary to what has been accepted as the only way we
can go. God as new day is a day full of the hope that moves us away from what is
the pattern of control that only leads to death and exclusion and separation. God
as new day - means new day - every day - baptismal water day.
O God of love and new life, let the week begin in you name. Amen.
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