Empty Grave

We went for a walk, the Lord and I...
and I feared...
I feared He was going to show me my sin


He turned to me, knowing my heart...
and He said...
"Yes, I am going to show you your sin."


I sighed, resigned, willing and desiring to go with Him anywhere...
but dreading...
already coming up with apologies and justifications


Then there was shame for my justification...
and for my fear...
Round and round I went like this


Before long I shook myself...
or maybe He shook me...
I noticed we had stopped walking


I looked up and saw the dark place of death...
and I braced myself...
for the stench and the discomfort


He reached out His hand...
and I took it...
and He led me inside


We saw...
nothing...
the grave was empty

(Inspired while driving and singing along with Nicole C Mullen's "My Redeemer Lives" and wrote during Bible study at Echo Fenton that night...)