Resurrection
Sounds nice
New life!
A new start!
Full life—
Agape love
Fullness
Light
Did they tell you
It will also require
All that you have?
Every coin,
Every beat of your heart,
Every breath,
Every last bit of energy you have.
But don’t lose heart
Or be dissuaded
Because what’s the
Real exchange?
Did they tell you?
He will wipe every tear—
He didn’t promise you wouldn’t cry.
He will bring you good news
On your darkest days
(Or maybe on the third).
He will bind up your broken heart—
It will still bleed and hurt.
He will turn mourning to joy,
The sorrows will bear sweetness too.
The imprisoned places,
There the darkness will be pushed back
By the light.
He will bestow favor on you
To battle on—
He will bring vengeance
On all your enemies,
You may need to shield your eyes.
He promises comfort,
However daunting it gets.
Receive the process—
The process is empirically good.
And if you’re daunted,
Don’t fear.
Remember, you were made to give
Everything you have.
You were made to be fully engaged:
Every part of you
Built for adventure
To risk it all
To pay the upfront cost
To gain beauty from ashes
To be surprised by His goodness
To be fully renewed by His love
To be filled
To be a slave, but not to the world or anything that evil will do, but to the Lover of Your Soul, your Shepherd, the One looking to give you only good. Afterall, you were created to worship something…what that is, only you can choose.
And as you come alive,
You’ll say:
“Ah, yes, this is what was meant by
full life—”
Experiencing everything that life has to offer
With the safety of knowing
Someone is forever holding your hand.
And it will all be okay
In the end.
Take courage
And have hope
On your journey.
Be strengthen by these words
And by those who battle by your side,
Bearing the testimony of all these things
They also find true.
(a reflection in response to some of the content from a talk by Michele Wrigley at Holy Trinity Church’s “Freedom Course.”)
