Do you believe?

An excerpt from shereadstruth.com that touched exactly where my heart was being stubborn today:

"That is the story of the Gospel. We call to Christ, and all we have to show for ourselves is our own devastation, our own mess, our own death. Just like when you “come and see” my life: what I have to offer you is a lot of crying for silly reasons.

We bring sorrows and pain, all the fitting consequences of our sin. Come and see, Lord, for this is all we have.

And here Jesus wept. Because He loved Lazarus, and Mary, and Martha. He cried because He loved His friends. And He loves us; standing before our own death-ridden lives, He weeps.

But He is the resurrection and the life, so He doesn’t stop at weeping. He says to all the good things that have died, Come forth! Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live! Do you believe this?"

I believe this! Jesus turns our death into life, our sorrow to rejoicing, and our mourning into dancing!"