on death & dying

this weeks conversation was centered around this passage:

'i tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. but if it dies, it produces many seeds. the man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.'

john 12:24-26

ken made some great points. we dialogued about what it means to die-perhaps that means certain parts of us...much like ken pointed out in the previous passages we've looked at. die to selfishness and greed, to our prejudices, etc.

maybe it's not a full death of ourselves...maybe it's those certain places jesus wants us to be made new.

or perhaps it is full submission. a complete reworking.

the dialogue continues...

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2-4-07

you are anointed

as you pursue what it means

to truly die.

while you struggle with the conflict, dichotomy, and the paradox

of birth

and

death.

just as your birthing process into a life fulfilled seems painful,

so too may be your death.

you are anointed

as you probe and pry

what it means to release-

giving up control

allowing your body to be broken

insides exposed

and you heart rearranged.

as the canyons are etched away by the rushing water

as the desert sands are moved and formed by the winds

as the root and stem struggle to be released of their shell

so too are our understandings

are our desires

are our beings.

you are anointed

as the waters carve you

as the winds move you

as you push through

straining upward and bursting through

warmed by the sun

fresh

and

anew.