Grace and peace to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
This coming Sunday, April 25, in worship we will prayerfully engage God's Word as expressed in Acts 9:36-43.
This passage exists in a long dynamic series of "ressurection" stories all the way back in 1 Kings 17:7 with Elijah, to Jesus himself in Luke 8:40, to our passage with Peter.
Consistent in each of these stories is an "implicit" message about the importance of God's covenant community, the Church, being a place of social equality. As such, the ressurection, the "new life" that each of the characters receives in these different passages not only continues their earthly life but affirms that "salvation" and "everlasting life" are to be pursued and practiced in tangible ways during this lifetime: each one is restored in order to do the right thing.
In a way it doesn't matter whether it is Elijah or Peter who "performs" this miracle, it is God, whom they represent, who is responsible for the gift of new and everlasting life.
In what ways is God giving you and I the everlasting life to do the right thing? What can you and I do this week to show the love of God in tangible ways as we pursue a more just and equitable society?
Jesus give us eyes to see, ears to hear, hearts to care and hands to help, in your name we pray, Amen.
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