(NOTE: This blog is on a new site, through blogger.com. My old site, through Apple's MobileMe will be disappearing in June when iCloud eradicates MobileMe. Please continue to link to Give Me A (Left) Hand at this site.)
1 Corinthians 15:1-11
Paul is speaking to the Corinthians about what I call the "resurrection legacy" in this text. He mentions all the people who have received the call, experienced the Resurrected Christ, and become apostles for Christ. Those who experienced resurrection in the days, months, and years post -Crucifixion and felt led to take the gospel to the ends of the earth
And so we find ourselves in that place this day. As people who call ourselves Christian, who come to church during Holy Week and on Easter Sunday, we have an obligation to be a part of the "resurrection legacy," too. What we do to move beyond the Resurrection Moments of our lives to spread the message of good news is a big deal.
We can't just come, sing "Christ the Lord is Risen Today,"eat some breakfast casserole, find an Easter egg, eat some candy and go home. Not as redeemed believers. Not as people who believe in the Way of Jesus. We must continue the story. We must become the legacy.
So, in some ways, the story of Jesus does end in the way of all stories. The crucifixion occurs. The tomb is sealed shut. The End.
But then, it begins again. With all those who saw Christ, in the breaking of bread, or the eating of supper on the seashore, or the touching of his wounds, those who saw this Christ and believed in the power of God. And that story continues even today, with Jesus entering all our lives in our own resurrection moments... we are creating a new story. And so we begin, "Once upon a time..."
What is your role in continuing the resurrection legacy? What part do you play in spreading the good news now, today?
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Love the new blog, Pam.
ReplyDelete>We must continue the story. We must become the legacy.
I like that, as a reader and a writer, I think there are only a few original stories, everything else is a variation on a theme or a retelling. For me, retelling the story of Christ in my own stories, is how I continue the legacy.