Lent 31 - continuous resurrection

“There is this difference between the growth of some human beings and that of others: in the one case it is a continuous dying, in the other a continuous resurrection.”

George MacDonald, The Princess and Curdie

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Every time night falls

part of me wonders, will there be a dawn

every time I fail

part of me wonders, can I pick myself up,

one- more – time?

every time a relationship ends

part of me wonders, will love ever be birthed again

every time joy dies, and sadness comes

when love vanishes, and the bile of hate burns

every time I die to some thing

and I die and die and die again

a part of me is willing to believe

that this

is all

there

is

so too the beaten and battered ones

on that Friday

when Jesus died

they must have felt as if nothing

would ever be ok

ever

again

and yet

out of death life came

and so

out of failure, a fresh start

out of pain, cleansing and hope

out of every ending

every death

resurrection

continuous