During my service in Nepal I worked with people affected by leprosy. A group of them had come to know Jesus as redeemer and Lord. One day a few of them gathered around me and showed me their hands. There were many shortened fingers and paralyzed muscles, making daily activities very hard for them. My heart filled with sorrow about their disabilities and what it meant for their lives. I will never forget how their faces brightened, and they told me: In the new heaven and earth our fingers and hands will be restored, we will feel, touch, will have a strong grasp, and do our daily tasks again. Their imagination was so vivid, and their joy about it infectious. I remember the moment till today. They have taught me that imagining resurrection puts things in a different perspective now. They did not have much earthly treasure. But, they had put all the stock of their faith into the redemption and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
This makes me wonder, what it would be like, when we, though rattled by the agony of breathless people, whose breaths and hearts eventually stopped, could for a moment imagine, what it will be like for them on resurrection day: How they breathe their first deep and free breath, in and out, and then again, and again, and their hearts beat, settling into an assured, calm rhythm. Their faces lighting up, their beings erupting in joy, jubilation, and praise. Just like the song below, an imagination of the resurrection of Christ.
This makes me wonder, what it would be like, when we, though rattled by the agony of breathless people, whose breaths and hearts eventually stopped, could for a moment imagine, what it will be like for them on resurrection day: How they breathe their first deep and free breath, in and out, and then again, and again, and their hearts beat, settling into an assured, calm rhythm. Their faces lighting up, their beings erupting in joy, jubilation, and praise. Just like the song below, an imagination of the resurrection of Christ.
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