Easter morning—He is Risen!—He is Risen, Indeed!
Sin and Salvation
Jonathan Edwards shouts out
We are sinners in the hands of an angry God
Look what we have done
To ourselves
Our neighbors
Our nation
Our world
Our God
Look at what we haven’t done
For ourselves
Our neighbors
Our nation
Our world
Our God
Should God not be angry when we stand apart, build our own towers, testaments to our own strength? Should God not be angry when those God loves abandon each other? Should God not be angry when we abandon our world and ourselves when the tower falls?
We are not made to stand alone!
We were made to stand with…
Salvation is connection.
At the cross we stand with
Jesus who believed
God is more than anger
Or vengeance
People are more than sin
Or arrogance
Easter morning dawns
Mary and Peter peek into the
Empty tomb
And are afraid.
Resurrection possibilities
Strewn about in torn cloth.
“Mary,” calls the gardener
Recognizing Jesus’ voice, she cries out, “Rabouni!”
Salvation is connection.
Jesus’ faith in and Jesus’ love for
God’s faith in and God’s love for
you and me
live on
connect
you and me.
Leave behind Eden
The serpent will never have
The last word.
Leave behind the tower
None of it is yours
Anyway.
Free your hands
Together let us
Take hold of the cup–
The cup of salvation.
Together, let us come into love.
The Sixth Day 