Life breaks through!

It's great to go for a walk on Sunday mornings just before church. It might be a time that the Lord uses to speak to you in a more profound way than even during the sermon. That's what happened to me this morning as I walked around the pond next to church just worshiping the Lord of Creation. When the trail changed from gravel to asphalt I saw this tender shoot of a poplar tree breaking through the pavement. This is so Jesus! He is that tender shoot who came into this world to express the tenderness of God to all of humanity. Many rejected Him back then and still do today, but He cannot be paved over. He will always break through. True life, the God life, cannot be extinguished -- ever! None of our attempts to kill Him, to deny Him, ignore Him, reject Him, replace Him or explain Him away will succeed. He is the resurrection and the life and He will break through the pavement of our human objections and barriers and prove Himself as the Lord of Life. The grave couldn't hold Him back on that first Easter Sunday, and He is still the same today: RISEN AND WELL! Back by poplar demand.