Archives for April 4, 2010

Devotion

This is the eighth day of creation. As Isaiah says, “I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered. … But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating” (Isaiah 65:17-18). What is created is nothing less than a new cosmos, “For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ will all be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:22). Unfortunately, like the apostles, we often do not believe these words. Like the women, we look for the living among the dead. Instead, we are invited to listen and look. The angel says to them, “He is not here; he has risen” (Luke 24:5). We are to hear and take heart! Like Peter who looks into the empty tomb, we are to see the defeat of death and go home amazed at what has happened.