There is life in
death. Yes – IN death.
When the old makes way for the new, as a tree
falls, and other ones take its place.
The dead or dying tree
has life IN it – it has organisms, from the microscopic bacterium
to the
‘macro’ animals and birds that have used it for food, shelter, reproduction and
fun.
From rotting bark and
release of nutrients, comes a smell – pungent or pleasant,
it is part of the
process.
Where a tree falls, it crushes
somethings, destroys somethings,
and yet makes a pathway for life of other
things.
On the dead trunk and in
the rotting leaves and branches, mushrooms, microbes, fungi, ferns and flowers
grow. Things that have not been able to
reach the sun are given light.
And there
is life. In the decay – in the
death, comes something new.
Even the
same species which is allowed to flourish with the passing of this old tree, is
not the “same”. It is unique, it has survived waiting in the shadows and now its time has come.
What “trees” of inner
strength or independence or pride are blocking
the possibility of new growth in
my life?
What stinks the stink of
decay in my soul that is necessary for new life to begin?
Am I willing to let the
old go, and allow different and new to grow in Christ-likeness?
What is Jesus requiring
of me as I follow Him this Lenten season of repentance,
that I may be more like
Him?
I love my Lord and
Saviour, Jesus Christ – “born of the Virgin Mary, suffered and died
under
Pontius Pilate, was dead, buried and descended to the grave; on the third day
God raised Him from the dead and now He is seated at the right hand of God,
from where He will come again to judge the living and the dead….”
– and I want
to live FOR Him.
In my large and small
inner deaths, there will be a rising again to new LIFE
because that is the good
and perfect plan of God for all who trust in Jesus.
The old hymn “My Jesus, I
love thee, I know thou art mine; for thee all the pleasures of sin I resign…”
is a prayer and a purpose for me in my Christian life.
What about you?
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