Lego, Forgiveness and Freedom from Sin
Christ is Risen! I hope that you've had a meaningful and joyous Easter weekend and that this season of Eastertide (from Easter Sunday until Pentecost Sunday) is blessed. I've been in an "Easter" mood and mode this week: grateful for God's forgiveness and the power and hope of the Resurrection as well as celebrating the freedom we have in Christ. (Yes, that means I've eaten a fair bit of chocolate!)
Today, however, a heaviness settled on me. I still don't know exactly what it was about but I took it as a prompt to get alone with God. During that time, I focused on a repeated phrase in today's Gospel reading, John 20:19-31: "Peace be with you."
I love that Jesus' first words to His disciples after His resurrection are words of peace. The gospel is about peace: with God, others, and ourselves. The barrier of sin is removed and we are free to love and be loved. It really is marvelous! I had an interesting image come to mind with regards to the way Jesus deals with our sin as I was pondering this peace. It has to do with Lego.
Lego is on my mind because yesterday I spent around 2 hours picking through Lego pieces trying to find all the exact pieces for a 518 piece set. A large number of pieces were spread on the floor and sorted by colour so I could go through them to find what I was looking for. It was a long, tedious, and rewarding experience.
This, however, is not my preferred way to pick up Lego. Instead, I like to have all the Lego laid on on a towel and when it comes time to clean it up, I just pick up the towel and pour it into the Lego bin. That is the picture I had of the forgiveness of sins. Because the blood of Christ cleanses us from all our sin, it is like the Lego (which represents sin - sorry Lego fans) being picked up and removed in one sweeping move. All that is left is the clean, white towel. We are pure, spotless and blameless.
Colossians 1:21-23a
"Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behaviour. But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation - if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel."
Holy, blameless, and free - this is the joy of Easter!
in Christ,
Tracy
Today, however, a heaviness settled on me. I still don't know exactly what it was about but I took it as a prompt to get alone with God. During that time, I focused on a repeated phrase in today's Gospel reading, John 20:19-31: "Peace be with you."
I love that Jesus' first words to His disciples after His resurrection are words of peace. The gospel is about peace: with God, others, and ourselves. The barrier of sin is removed and we are free to love and be loved. It really is marvelous! I had an interesting image come to mind with regards to the way Jesus deals with our sin as I was pondering this peace. It has to do with Lego.
Lego is on my mind because yesterday I spent around 2 hours picking through Lego pieces trying to find all the exact pieces for a 518 piece set. A large number of pieces were spread on the floor and sorted by colour so I could go through them to find what I was looking for. It was a long, tedious, and rewarding experience.
This, however, is not my preferred way to pick up Lego. Instead, I like to have all the Lego laid on on a towel and when it comes time to clean it up, I just pick up the towel and pour it into the Lego bin. That is the picture I had of the forgiveness of sins. Because the blood of Christ cleanses us from all our sin, it is like the Lego (which represents sin - sorry Lego fans) being picked up and removed in one sweeping move. All that is left is the clean, white towel. We are pure, spotless and blameless.
Colossians 1:21-23a
"Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behaviour. But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation - if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel."
Holy, blameless, and free - this is the joy of Easter!
in Christ,
Tracy
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