Life After: Staying Green
Thursday, April 17, 2014 Posted by Anonymous
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“He was delivered over to death for
our sins and was raised to life for our justification.” (Rom 4:25)
Two
birthdays.
Some
of us want to forget the original one as we get older. Not me. The more birthdays
I celebrate, the closer I get to going home to heaven in order to reap the true
celebration of my second birthday: eternity.
Jesus
provided the second one for us—not when He died on the cross, but when He
rose from the grave. But death had to come first. While we are born into this
life, death immediately begins. It’s in dying that eternal life exist.
I
love that it was green palm leaves laid down for the arrival of the king. Palm
trees are one of those plants that stay green year round. Like a snake that
sheds it’s skin in order to grow, we shed the “old man” (sin nature) in order
to grow in Christ. The challenge is to stay “green” all year round. I believe
we can cultivate our green-growth through the daily digesting of God’s word.
“We
were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just
as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may
live a new life.” (Rom. 6:4)
