Because she has loved me
She will love me.
As the sunset is bursting with beauty
So the sunrise will be beauty filled.
The way this toy boat floats
So also an aircraft carrier.
The whimsy of a floating balloon
Increases as you release it.
If A = B = C
A = C
If an impossibility happens
The impossible is possible.
In the same way
Paul uses logic
To prove the illogical.
The first fruits
From a New tree.
Foretaste of what will be.
While others left, off on their way
Mary stayed and wept
She wondered where her Lord had gone
And who, his body kept.
She was pleasantly surprised
When gardener turned out to be
That Jesus for whom her heart was for
Looking right at her, saying “Mary!”
How often do we look at things
Without a pinch of hope?
How often is our vision blurred
By being at the end of our rope?
Mary was not looking
For a Savior that could dance
She’d assumed the body was taken
And she had lost her chance
Her chance to participate in grieving
To remember what she’d lost
To sit and ponder just how great
Everything that had happened, cost.
I wonder what would’ve happened
If for life, her hope had room
If she pumped her fist like a child who won
When she discovered the empty tomb?
If Jesus would have played a bit
Of Holy “Hide & Seek”,
Or if he would have tapped her shoulder
Then turned the other cheek
I’m not advocating
That there isn’t time to grieve
But if that’s all we’ve come to do
We need an invitation to believe
Believe that what looks like death
And causes apprehension
Can be offered to God in Jesus’ name
And used for His redemption
Paul writes to Colossae
Not complaining of his chains
Freedom for himself is not
Something for which he strains
He implores them to keep praying
To be thankful and assured
The most important freedom
Is the sharing of the Word
The mystery of Christ
That longs to be revealed
Is that good news all creation
Through it, could be healed
He even reminds himself
To stay focused on clarity
The good news is not simply
Offering the world a bit more charity
But take every opportunity
To reveal the mystery of Christ
The resurrected Savior
Who did more than say “be nice.”
He gave up his own body
And was then resurrected
So that New Creation Life
Could be something we expected…
words from wick 