Redeemer Devotions for August 20, 2013

Adventures... in Hope - Redeemer Devotions  This week: God as death defying. If you have any comments  - adebelak@redeemerluth.com.   Go as death defying looks like a comedian who will not stop making fun of the powers that want to rule the world and yet they are not able and they never seem to grow. When the room is full of death, God as death defying makes a fool of death. No matter how death dresses itself up to look presentable to us, God as death defying undresses the act quite quickly. A simple reminder that death-is-not-life-at-all brings light into the room that has become heavy with the attempts made by death to limit who we are to be. God as death defying is the laughter that comes when death has been exposed. Rather than fall in line with death's way of defining how the world will go, death is revealed to be no power at all. God as death defying may be the one person in the room who is able to speak a word of truth when the lies of death seem to be able to own the room. At that point, there is silence - and then laughter at death's facade.    O God of love and new life, fill this day with the laughter of your eternal Reign of life. Amen.                     About Me The Right Reverend Rant Sometimes I simply need to put in print how I see and hear things. Sometimes it can be a rant. Sometimes the Reign of God shines through it all. View my complete profile Powered by Blogger.