Let us Rise, to the Occasion

And he departed from our sight

This morning, before the rising of the sun, Ginger, Sara and I rose.

We slathered cream cheese on bagels, 

and poured ourselves strong coffee.

We climbed into Ginger's Jeep.

And we went looking.

Driving through our sleepy town, the sky pink around its mountain edge with the promise of the sun, 

lost in our own thoughts,

we arrived here, looking for the sun to rise, 

to settle over us in its daily resurrection song.

But the clouds held our eyes, and all we saw was gray.

that we might return to our heart

So we sat together,

 fed ourselves;

 we talked quietly,

and watched the birds and chipmunks play.

and there find Him. 

But our looking incomplete, our hearts still lost in morning fog,  

we turned ourselves to the story of what the day is said to hold.

And there, we found Him;

we met Him in the Garden, we heard Him call our name.

For He departed, and behold, He is here.

~St. Augustine

And then we talked with Him, and listened to Him be our Sun, 

who Rose, with healing in His wings.

But for you, who revere my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in His wings.

And then, having found Him, we went to church to celebrate, with the full worship of our hearts. With deep deep tears of knowing: He is the One we've been looking for, He is our victorious One.

Because clouds could not hold Him, and neither could death.

He, here.

And you will go out and frolic

Later, 

we arrived back at our home,

ready to revel in good company, 

over delicious food,

prepared by many hands.

like calves let out to pasture

We sat comfortably together, we ate with gratefully quiet joy.

We talked, we remembered, we laughed.

We looked for the Sun to Rise, we listened for Him to sing over us His daily Resurrection song.

like well-fed calves.
~Malachi 4:2

And then, we ate dessert.

Two desserts.

In the fullness of His Rising, on this Resurrection Day,
we rose to the Occasion.


For I am come that they may have life 
and have it to the full.
~John 10:10