Simon Peter said to them,
"I am going fishing."
They said to him,
"We will go with you."
They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
John 21:3 ESV
Monday
Jesus has risen.
Yet the news is full of mayhem, death, destruction.
It seems as if nothing has changed.
Peter and his crew go fishing. And catch nothing.
It seems as if nothing has changed.
Yet it has.
The very fabric of the world has changed. The very next thing that happens is that Peter meets the risen Jesus.
Our world needs to meet him too, and the new way, the new thing, is to see the risen Jesus living in and through people.
In and through you and me.
In our work.
In our disappointments, losses, hurts and the destruction and mayhem that others cause, the world needs to see those who carry the kingdom of light in their hearts living out our faith
Our hope
And our love
#heisrisen
#easter
#monday
#liveit
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he looks at p
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