"If it cannot be happy. Make it beautiful." Samuel Wells
The world can be a beautiful place...sometimes. There are moment of darkness that sweep through and the voice of evil speaks, "Nothing is beautiful. You're not beautiful. This world is not beautiful. It is an unhappy, dire place that needs to go the way of the dinosaurs." When those moments come, and they come regularly in a broken world and in a broken life, I am reminded that your beauty does not come solely from happiness.
Today's Gospel reading in John tells the story of Lazarus' resurrection. In the pain of morning, in the agony of loss, you became overwhelmed with compassion and in your compassion you cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus come out!" You made something beautiful out of death. As we journey to Easter, I pray that I see your beauty in this world when that voice speaks, "Nothing is beautiful." I pray that I see you in everything and everyone. I pray for strength to hold steadfast to your faithfulness and know that you making all things new.
Lord, I humbly come to you. I fall at your feet and I pray that you will unbind me and let me go. Set me free from all that binds me. Unbind me and set me free. Amen.
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