Springtime Transformation
The warm-up weeks of spring bring the transformation we long for annually after the gray days of winter. (Right now it still feels like winter with snow flurries, rain and wind!) This is a life-giving transformation—barren trees bud; brown grass becomes green; cocoons yield butterflies….the list could go on and on! In addition to the visible transformation observed in nature, religion (particularly Christian religion) calls us to transformation, too!
Transformation is more than just changing. “Trans,” from Latin, means “to move across.” Therefore, I’m suggesting that transformation is a moving of our “formation.” This may make resurrection, that Easter term, a bit more understandable. Here are three ways to meditate further on the theme of transformation.
Reading for the day: John 20:11-18
An exercise for understanding: Find a tree that is starting to bud and observe the transformation of those buds in the next 6 weeks.
Prayer: God of transformation, walk beside me on the roads that lie ahead. Bless my life again by your empowering spirit that makes all things new. In your Holy name, Amen.
--Ben Keckler
04.06.09
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