[re]imagine: 4/8/2023 Vigil of Easter
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The sky is still dark
or maybe it has come
and gone again.
this is a vigil,
but not for Easter.
Keeping time is tragic,
so we drift
in and out of sleep
and puffy eyes observe
only the piles of ointment
and death clothes
stacked and weary
near the back door.
Maybe you can decorate and bake,
but some of us can only wait
in the silence between
what is already and not yet.
These are holy hours
to consider how far
God is willing to go
for love.
Meta Herrick Carlson – speak it plain, p. 68-69
Prayer
Lord Jesus, you have called me to come and die, that joined to you in the waters of baptism, God might raise me to new life. Help me to believe in the power of your life-giving cross and strengthen me with hope that no matter what I face, you are with me and will bring everything to newness of life. Amen.
Week Five Devotions by Rev. Erika Uthe, uthe@seiasynod.org