This week I ran across a blank book where I have written poems and scripture passages that I found encouraging. In it was this hymn by Yale professor Thomas Troeger:
Before the fruit is ripened by the sun, Before the petals or the leaves uncoil, Before the first fine silken root is spun, A seed is dropped and buried in the soil. Before the Easter Alleluia's ring, Before the massive rock is rolled aside, Before the fear of death has lost its sting, A just and loving Man is crucified. I tend to want to skip over Good Friday and get to Easter like I would like to skip the pain of life and go straight to being a mature Christian woman. It doesn't work that way. The cross was necessary to solve my sin problem and give me a fresh start. The resurrection is necessary if that fresh start is going to be any different than the one I already wasted. May Christ's death and resurrection make all the difference in your life.
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