Grief Interrupted

2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they went in, they did not find the body. 4 While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them. 5 The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. 6 Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, 7 that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again." (Luke 24:2-7)

When yesterday looks better than today

And tomorrow is inconceivable

When challenges seem greater than resources

And sorrow threatens to smother all joy

We must remember

When temptations abound

And walls we've build for protection

Block the view of our salvation

We must remember

When forgiveness is forgotten

And freedom is forsaken

When wickedness is not rejected

And injustice is the order of the day

We must remember

Disappointment is not definitive

The past is not predictive

Grief is continuously interrupted by Grace

We must remember

No matter what it looks like

Darkness cannot overcome the Light

No matter what it feels like

Death has already been defeated

We must remember

We serve a God who still rolls the stones away

21 For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a human being; 22 for as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:21-22)