Transformation-- What Happens?
The transformation of winter into spring came far too early this year. I can remember shoveling snow in April but I cannot remember mowing my lawn in March! 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, often we can sense or feel that inner push for change, for finding the new normal for life.
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 is a way to meditate further on the theme of transformation.
An exercise for understanding: Find a tree that is still in the budding stage and observe the transformation of those buds in the next 6 weeks.
A prayer for today: 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
04.05.12
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