The Lord set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am The Lord (Ezekiel 37: 1 - 6).
Growing up, I loved the African-American spiritual: Ezekiel connected them dry bones, and trying to remember not to leave any parts out. Not until many years later did I learn that this song was (a) in the Bible, (b) was Ezekiel's prophesy that Israel would "live again," would return from exile in Babylon, would be a nation once again, would be resurrected into new life, when no one ever imagined that they would. But such is the power of God, always to bring life out of death, light out of darkness, hope out of despair.
Receive this great word as God's word of hope to you today. Amen.
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