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God’s gift to us of death
God gives us death; the gift is nature kind.
Death puts to an end the pains of old age,
making space for those in the queue behind.
God writes each chapter and the final page.
Species yield to species, each man to a new,
Deep time sweeps all away to stubborn death.
Death’s truth’s not sad, it’s merely stark worldview:
Each allotted our finite store of breath.
So death spreads from past until the very end.
But wait! There’s a surprise: God….!
A new thing surpasses all we can know:
Fresh universe of power and love to grow.
God rips death‘s fabric the curtain to transform,
The new-made mystery; pristine creatures swarm.
Alleluia!
- Genesis 1:20-23, & 2:7-8, John 1:1-18, Mark 15:38
- Ted Witham tssf, Easter A.D. 2025
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