Easter

 

In the beginning God took the dust of the earth formed it into a human being and He breathed His Spirit into it. 

And from that moment we have been made up of flesh and spirit. 

And at that moment our flesh and spirit were one. 

But somewhere, sometime, somehow;

Humanity chose its own Will instead of the Will of God. 

And when it did sin and death came into the world. 

And At that moment not only did we become separated from God but from one another and ourselves as our flesh and our spirit became divided and at war with themselves. 

as St. Paul said,

I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.

For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do. Rom. 7:15,19

Ever since then the flesh has had an insatiable desire for 

Lust Gluttony

Greed Sloth

Anger, Envy and Pride. 

These are the 7 deadly sins. 

They come in all different shapes and sizes. 

Different degrees and expressions. 

And we all suffer from them in one way or another. 

And they all lead to death. 

slowly but surely. 

And no matter how much we try 

We cannot escape them and the death they bring. 

Jesus came to restore the unity of body and soul 

Of flesh and spirit 

And he did this by taking on the sins of us all and crucifying them on the cross so that the sinful desires of the flesh would die 

And when we die, the sinful desires of the flesh die too. 

But Christ will raise us up in body and soul. 

And God will breath His Spirit into us once again

And we will receive a new and glorious body,

And Our flesh and spirit will no longer be at war with each other 

but united as One body one Spirit in Christ 

And there will be no more mourning or pain 

No more suffering or death

No more division or war 

For those things have all come to an end. 

They have died with Christ 

And now Christ is Risen and lives forever

And so will we.