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This morning.  
- Resurrection morning.  
- Joy comes in the morning.  
- Hope and Promise of new life.  

"He has risen"  
"He has risen indeed....."  

And yet   
is there is a  
Shadow to the day?
A foreboding, haunting, precursor....?

Hmm...

Death.

...I love the joy of new life
I love being at births
both on the farm
and new babies in our community.

All Joy.

But
Resurrection is different.
It IS a birth.
but it comes after a
death.

This morning I was reminded by Jesus...
"Unless a seed falls into the ground and dies
it abides alone....
but if it dies
it produces many seeds...." John 12:24

Jesus faced that.
He said,
"My heart is troubled,
and what shall I say?
'Father save me from this hour?'
No, it was for this reason I came to this hour.
Father, Glorify Your Name!"

Then a voice came from Heaven,
"I have glorified it,
and will glorify it again." John 12:27-29

Hmm....

Funny that I never really noticed that part about God
talking from Heaven
in the middle of one of Jesus' 'prayers'...

Even Jesus' heart was troubled
at the cost of resurrection....
and Yet.
It was his whole purpose.
To beat death
at it's own 'game'....

To rip the authority of the opposite of Life
from the grasp of Satan
So there would be no longer be a
'sting'
in death...  1 Cor 15:55,56

Resurrection.
requires death
and Yet
without ressurection
I will die
eventually...
anyways...... :(
...without hope  2x :(
without resurrection....

Lord Jesus,
My Baptism
and my daily journey
of giving over to You
my will.
...Death.
leading to
Resurrection. :)

Thank You
for not only providiing
but showing
The Way.

Life
after
Death.
Yes,

Thank You Jesus.
for
Life.

PJ