The resurrection is the guarantee of victory over the powers of darkness, but it also affirms our craving for surprise and mystery. The impossible becomes possible.
Things are not always as they appear. No matter how often the dead stay dead, they don’t always.
Furthermore, it shows us that when things are not going our way, there can be a surprising turnaround. Your attitude can sometimes turn on a dime when you look to the resurrected Christ.
This happened to me a while back as I was helping lead a bereavement course. One day I was home with a cold and the thought of studying the material for the course filled me with resistance. Later, as I meditated on the cross and the resurrection, without thinking about the course at all, I had a sudden desire to plunge into the material for it.
He is risen!
He is risen indeed!
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