Lenten Thoughts (Day 41): Do you believe that He is the Resurrection?

When Martha heard that Jesus had come she went to meet him. Mary remained sitting in the house. Martha said to Jesus, ‘If you had been here, my brother would not have died, but I know that, even now, whatever you ask of God, he will grant you.’ ‘Your brother’ said Jesus to her ‘will rise again ... I am the resurrection. If anyone believes in me, even though he dies he will live, and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?’ - John 11:20-24,26

Martha's point makes perfect sense even from the perspective of our spiritual lives: if Jesus had been in our lives, we would not die. We 'die' because we make God absent from our lives - we should be reminded of Adam and Eve's own spiritual deaths when they first made God absent from their lives.

Yet. Jesus is the resurrection. If we wish - and it's up to us - we can rise above our sinfulness and death, and live again. Our Lord can do wonders with our honest and sincere acceptance of His help. His one question remains: "Do you believe this?"