Hallelujah to the Risen Christ! I am astonished! I am breathless! I am humbled. Your death, burial, resurrection, and indwelling Holy Spirit are the redemption story. Fill me afresh with Your life as I contemplate this mystery that is resurrecting me!
I Praise You for This Resurrection Madness
By Ted Loder
Lord of such amazing surprises
as put a catch in my breath
and wings on my heart,
I praise you for this joy,
too great for words
but not for tears and songs and sharing;
for this mercy
that blots out my betrayals
and bids me begin again
to limp on,
to hop-skip-and jump on,
to mend what is broken
in and around me,
and to forgive the breakers;
for this YES
to life and laughter,
to love and lovers,
and to my unwinding self;
for this kingdom
unleashed in me and I in it forever,
and no dead ends to growing,
to choices,
to chances,
to calls to be just;
no dead endings to living
to making peace,
to dreaming dreams,
to be glad of heart;
for this resurrection madness
which is wiser than I
and in which I see
how great you are,
and full of grace.
Alleluia!