Bowling

"God made us alive together with Christ," Ephesians 2:5.

God did something. (Who? God.) What did God do? He made walking dead people live. Why? Because God loved even people walking in rage. (That's us.) What did God's great love move God to do? To show mercy on the walking dead. So, how did God mercify? (Reminder: Jesus had died, right? And then God raised him up from the dead to life, right? And then God seated the living Christ by his side, right?) Well: God mercified us by giving us life together with. Together with each other. Together with Christ. God raised us up together with Christ. God seated us together with Christ. By God's side. This is called grace. It's called generosity. It's called bowling over with undeserved rich gifts that knock your socks off.

We meet today with a brother or sister made richly alive by God's grace. And, together, we give praise and thanksgivings to the God of all grace and to his son, Jesus, through the Spirit of his son alive and well in us.