Dear friends,
These are the times (after Easter) when we examine what it means to live a resurrection-life. The resurrection-life is one that has the old shaped into the new, the broken shaped into wholeness. This is the season where Grace has a Place. When Grace has a Place, grace can really get to work bringing about a New Creation.
Here's a little story by Kevin Kling:
Back in the days when pots and pans could talk, which indeed they still do, there lived a man. And in order to have water, every day he had to walk down the hill and fill two pots and walk them home.
One day, it was discovered one of the pots had a crack, and as time went on, the crack widened.
Finally, the pot turned to the man and said, "You know, every day you take me to the river, and by the time you get home, half of the water's leaked out. Please replace me with a better pot." And the man said, "You don't understand. As you spill, you water the wild flowers by the side of the path."
And sure enough, on the side of the path where the cracked pot was carried, beautiful flowers grew, while the other side was barren. "I think I'll keep you," said the man.
John 21:15 - When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my lambs."
Resurrection-life is about letting the abundance of God's love in Christ spill out, and the best water-way is the place in ourselves where we have experienced the deepest wound.
This is a photo by Lisle Boomer
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