Hold fast to the story of life.
Trust that this is God’s story
and that in every time and in every place,
new life is emerging, relentlessly, in this broken, dying world.
Go into the world and put yourself alongside it.
(from hold :: this space)

as it is recorded in the gospel of john, jesus called his first disciples saying, "come, and you will see" (john 1:39). the gospel of matthew says that on easter morning when the women went to the tomb, the angel who told them jesus had risen said, "come and see the place where he lay" (matthew 28:6) if there's meaning today for my life from the resurrection story from long, long ago, it's that hope is never stamped out, opportunity is never shut down, and places of possibility are ever abounding. and so as one who claims to live in this reality, then i am called to hold onto hope, participate in the opening up of opportunities, and create spaces where the seemingly impossible becomes possible.

the poet she writes of war and politics and of loneliness
she scribbles her thoughts about love
she looks to the sky; on tiptoes she tries to reach for the stars
she dreams of the days still to come

come and see
come and see
dive deep into the mystery
come and see

she’s an awfully small girl in an awfully big world where it’s easy to hide
but sometime she dares to believe
that life—it exists beyond moments in time; that there’s more she will find
that somewhere there’s a place of possibility

come and see
come and see
know the beautiful mystery
come and see

she’ll write songs about freedom
she will sing them aloud
and dream dreams of redemption
taking place in the here and the now

come and see
come and see and be
overwhelmed by the mystery
come and see
(copyright lynnette davidson 2003)

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