To begin, I have found the past two messages on Sunday @ ET quite edifying - simple but important context was outlined prior to engaging with the water-wine and thomas-resurrection storylines. The present-time relevance of the resurrection was emphasized and it brings forth perhaps the most elementary yet profound narrative implication of the bible, one in which the present practices and future destination are fully integrated. In other words, the present and future informs each other equally and simultaneously.

Now, what has all that mumbo jumbo meant to me in the past couple of weeks?

For one, it has reminded me of my foundational loyalty to Christ and my own identity and place through it - something critically important when found in a transitionary season both in the immediate and overarching sense. The reminders have aided in my realization and acceptance of doors that have opened and doors that have been nailed shut.

For another, it has challenged me to restore and pursue greater depths in my relationship w/ Christ -immediately. The reality of the resurrection has massive implications in the day-to-day activities - especially in discerning the degree of importance to various matters.

Plainly though, stability has still been a bit of struggle - and I believe it has been most evidently revealed through how I've used my unplanned rest time. There is a time to mourn that leads to a time to refocus. What time is it now?