This week: God as death defying. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com. I was going to start this as God as not our internet service - but not. God as death defying is God in our face - right in our face - so that all we are able to see is life. When that is all we see, we are more likely to live boldly within the realm of God's love for we will not be intimidated by all the various ways the powers of death attempt to make us crash and burn. God as death defying is like Luther saying he 'breaks wind' toward Rome. God as death defying has no respect for death and will not even let death put its print on the day. God as death defying is that Sunday morning before dawn - before most folks are up and moving - before the birds begin to sing - and the only thing taking place is new life. In the face of what ought to be death's domain and death's sting, God as death defying does not even let death move into another day. We are handed life. O God of love and new life, we are too often held back by the many ways death attempts to burst our balloon. By your grace, you have walked into the room and announced that the threat need not control us anymore - because it is not real. Amen. |
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