Ascension Lutheran Church – Citrus Heights, CA – Sierra Pacific Synod, ELCA

All Creation Waits, Day 14 – I Will Open Your Graves

All Creation Waits
All Creation Waits
All Creation Waits, Day 14 - I Will Open Your Graves
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All Creation Waits, Day 14 – I Will Open Your Graves
Week 2 – 2nd Sunday of Advent – Waiting in Hope (Ezekiel 37)

Ezekiel 37:12
12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: Thus says the Lord God: I am going to open your graves and bring you up from your graves, O my people, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel.”

Thoughts
God promises resurrection – not metaphorical, not theoretical, but real. The same God who breathes life into bones will one day make all things new. Advent ends the week where it began: waiting for resurrection. The valley will bloom again; the earth itself will exhale joy.

Question
What “graves” – old wounds, fears, or endings – do you need to place in God’s hands to be opened to new life?

Prayer
Lord, plant Your hope in me again. Help me trust that You are making all things new …