First the news of Lazarus dying
before Jesus had time to get there —
Then the image of Jesus crying
must have giv’n the disciples a scare . . .
He got to the tomb and called out his friend,
with the others saying, “He stinketh” –
they had no idea death was no end,
Jesus said, “Death is not what you thinketh.”
God showed Ezekiel a valley of death
then gift wrapped bones in new life and skin –
God’s subversive pow’r in every breath:
in our endings is where God begins
touching that miraculous circumstance
where the blind ones see and the dry bones dance*
Peace,
Milton
*with grateful appreciation to Mark Heard
