In the Bulb there is a Resurrection

 

1 In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree;

in cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free!

In the cold and snow of winter there's a spring that waits to be,

unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.

Resurrection is precisely concerned with the present world and its renewal, not with escaping the present world and going somewhere else...

Tom Wright, theologian 

I have noted along the way that I'm not much of a fan of the hymn In the Bulb there is a Flower. For a few years in was chosen by families for what seemed like every church funeral, including by my mother, and I got tired of it. 

But this year I have yearned for Spring so as we arrive at Resurrection Morning I'm giving it another chance. Tulips have emerged in a sheltered spot at the front of our home. Hurray! Irises are up a few inches and the Blue Flag will version are showing in the water trough we have next to our raised beds. I imagine our garlic will be up and running soon. Hope. 

While the signs of Spring are not the same as Resurrection they are glimmers of new life that open my spirit to possibilities. 

There are some -- plenty -- who dismiss the Easter miracle of the Risen Christ and the promise of our faith as absurd I have no desire to earnestly "prove" otherwise. I'm inclined toward the definiton of absurd as "wildly improbable." So much of what is supposedly "real life" seems like perpetual Winter these days. So I imagine the redemption of the world, overcoming sorrow and pain, even if that may seem illogical. The scene in the Chronicles of Narnia after the sacrificed Aslan breaks the power of "Winter, never Christmas" and the signs of a new season emerge.

Christ is Risen!

 3 In our end is our beginning; in our time, infinity;

in our doubt there is believing; in our life, eternity.

In our death, a resurrection; at the last, a victory,

unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.