This week: God as death defying. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com. God as death defying is the power that walks right up to those who claim to be in control of the day and there - in that (any)place and time - God as death defying sits down in a seat on the bus - without regard to the voices of control. God as death defying is that still, small voice that will not be quiet when injustice attempts to rule the day. It is the voice that questions the powers and principalities that assume they have the knowledge of good and evil (that is - they think they are like God). God as death defying takes hold of ordinary people so that we can be a part of the life and voice that makes it perfectly clear that there is only one God. God as death defying brings life, establishes justice, makes straight those who have bent over by all the faces of death within the world, and insists on reconciliation and peace that leaves no one powerless and disenfranchised. God as death defying makes a whole lot of people angry - because we often choose to live within the domain of death and its limits and its promises for one side only. So when God as death defying exposes the lies of death's phony promises - we get mad at what we might lose. Truthfulness is an ugly word in the realm of death. God as death defying - never stops telling the truth. Ha! O God of love and new life, let your rule come alive among us and the power of your life-giving Spirit encourage us to face the power of death without bowing to its demands and lies. Amen. |
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