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July 27, 2008
Taken From: Ephesians 4:17-5:2; Romans 1:18-32
Illustration by Grace Ellen Schiel
Counterpoised against the darkness,
do we understand the immediacy
of new life?
Each of us a Lazarus
without memory of the tomb,
know ourselves as nothing different
from anyone else except for encounter
with the truth.
Members of one another,
sharing joy as if it were
bread and wine, something ordinary.
Learning him, the heart listens,
ponders hidden springs.
He makes love plain.
Brightness flows in, the shadows move on.
What perplexities and wisdoms
fill us with sensations,
leave their prints in our dust.
Resolved to love,
we taste its weight like stone,
so much unseen, unknown.
Then we hear our whole self
singing and saying what we know,
living him in this new day.
do we understand the immediacy
of new life?
Each of us a Lazarus
without memory of the tomb,
know ourselves as nothing different
from anyone else except for encounter
with the truth.
Members of one another,
sharing joy as if it were
bread and wine, something ordinary.
Learning him, the heart listens,
ponders hidden springs.
He makes love plain.
Brightness flows in, the shadows move on.
What perplexities and wisdoms
fill us with sensations,
leave their prints in our dust.
Resolved to love,
we taste its weight like stone,
so much unseen, unknown.
Then we hear our whole self
singing and saying what we know,
living him in this new day.
DAS
Author Profile: Born and raised in Montgomery County, Texas, Pastor Dan Schiel was called to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ at age 20 and has served as pastor in independent churches for over forty years. He is the founding pastor of Christ Church (founded 1977). 