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Why wait until tomorrow…
to live the rising in the dying?
And how can we live the rising in the dying of (you fill in the blank: chronic illness, terminal illness, failed marriage, financial ruin, addictions, depression, the toxic stuff of life)?
By offering praise and thanksgiving…
IN THE MIDST.
For we exist to be the praise of His glory…
and we live the rising in the dying with a heart-knowing of the Resurrection.
Why wait until tomorrow…
to live the rising in the dying?
“We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life. For if we have grown into union with him through a death like his, we shall also be united with him in the resurrection. ” Rom 6:4-5
through Him with Him in Him... 
Reblogged this on jsraven's Blog and commented:
I enjoyed both and most all of these as they not only giving me more inspiration for the lord but also a blessing of poetry.