He's not there

After Luke 24:1-12 

A Sunday, the first day

of the new week, a new week,

and they walked in silence

to the tomb, taking the spices

they’d prepared for his body.

The stone covering the tomb

was rolled away, the guards

gone. Entering the tomb

to pour the spices, they saw

it was empty.

No one was there.

They stared at each other.

The tomb was empty.

The body was not there.

He was not there.

He was gone.

 

Photograph by Pisit Heng via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Sunday Readings

 

Focus [in] the Family – Jonathan Shirk at Gentle Reformation.

 

An Empty Nest – Tessa Lind at Pursuing Perfection.

 

Let’s Get Medieval – Nathan Eshelman at Gentle Reformation.