Sacred Questions At ChristmasSample

BODIES THAT WILL NEVER DIE

Begin by taking a few breaths and paying attention to the air moving in and out of your lungs and mouth. Notice where you feel tension or discomfort in your body. To the extent you are able, try to relax, let the chair you are sitting in fully support your body, and release the tension as you breathe deeply. 

A Prayer to Open

Here I am, Lord,

in my tired, aging, hurting, wondrous body.

Open my heart to you now.

You are my High Priest who knows.

Read Scripture Passage

Reflect

The fact that Jesus conquered death in his body and rose again in his body means that we too will rise after death. We will live again, but not as spirits or disembodied souls: we will have glorious new bodies that will never die.

• What confusion, emotions, or concerns arise in you when you read today’s passage? 
• In what parts of your body are you longing for healing and restoration? What would full restoration look like for that part of your body?
• Reflect on the reality that because Jesus rose from the dead, conquering death, we who are in Christ will also rise from the dead and receive new, eternal bodies. What does this truth reveal to you about God’s love? What does it reveal about Jesus’ ability to identify with you?

Respond

Jesus Christ—

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace;

the one through whom and for whom all things were made; and

the one in whom I live and move and have my being—

became flesh and made your dwelling among us. 

And nothing—neither death nor life, angels nor demons, the present nor the future; not any powers, height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation—can separate me from the love of our God, which is in you, Jesus Christ my Lord.