Scripture: Psalm 55:4
My heart is in anguish within me, the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
Thought for the Day: In today’s sermon, I am referencing a thought-provoking idea from T.S. Elliot. He wrote, “Our lives are a constant evasion of ourselves.” It sounds as if Elliot is suggesting that human beings avoid themselves. As strange as the thought might be, there are those things within each of us that we’d prefer to ignore or avoid. Some of them might be minor flaws in our character, and disregarding them is possible. There are other attributes that are more fundamental to what it means to be human, and among them is the reality of our mortality. Our misguided attempts at avoidance are a response to our fear, and death is an unknown and thus a source of fear. This is where our Christian identity is so very important – as we follow the one who has known the unknown. Christ is the victor of death, and though fear may still visit us now and then, we must claim our connection to the one who not only has walked that journey but has promised to walk it again with us.
Prayer: In Christ, you have brought life out of death. Lord God, we are thankful for the way you have allowed us to see past the tomb and into an abiding love whose power has removed the sting of death. Amen.
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