This week: God as the first day of the week. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com. I'm always looking for new ways to enter into life in a way that is filled with hopefulness no matter how the day may look. It is not always easy. I then thought about the 'first day of the week' at early dawn - after the crucifixion - after the stone-cold days in the tomb - when, for most folks, hope would have been mere wishful thinking. And yet, God as the first day of the week makes today a creation of hope - a time for grand imagination that announces another way to take hold of the day and live. God as the first day of the week is hope that abides with us. The day is not filled with magic. It is filled with the same life we always have - but now it is life that need not fear the tales of death that usually are able to shut us up and shut us down. God as the first day of the week dictates the new creation even when evidence around us shows that the old ways are still trying to take hold of the day. As we wake up in the midst of this day, we are already placed into a new domain in which we can grab hold of the resurrection life that is handed to us. O God of love and new life, help us imagine this new life that you hand to us and then guide us as we step into the abundance of life that awaits us. Amen. |
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