Does it matter to our gracious and loving God whether we are disabled or not! Surely it does! We believe in a physical resurrection, not just a spiritual one. The Lord can't wait to restore, renew and "untwist" this world as we know it.
From the Lord's perspective, isn't even the concept of "disability" a bit arbitrary? To him, (because he can see what we all "could" have been), aren't we all disabled in some way, though we draw lines and say "he is", and "she's not"? Are any of us fully and completely "the way we are supposed to be" both spiritually and physically?
I think Max may have been trying to get the evangelical and reformed worlds to "re-cherish" God the Father's love for our physical, mental and emotional body instead of emphasising our "spiritual" resurrection over our physical resurrection.
I just can't wait to see how my cousin, who lived heartily, died humbly, has/will rise again with a "restored" physical body. Will he be "free" of the "disability" that he knew? Will he have both arms again, and run and jump and play like he once did as a toddler? Would he want to? Would I recognize him if he did?
I am firmly convinced that at his funeral, when we all sung "Great is the Lord" it was not just to celebrate his spiritual resurrection" but also because, somehow, in a way the Lord only knows, his ressurected body and mind is fully "the way it is supposed to be".
Posted in: Good Intentions Gone Awry
Does it matter to our gracious and loving God whether we are disabled or not! Surely it does! We believe in a physical resurrection, not just a spiritual one. The Lord can't wait to restore, renew and "untwist" this world as we know it.
From the Lord's perspective, isn't even the concept of "disability" a bit arbitrary? To him, (because he can see what we all "could" have been), aren't we all disabled in some way, though we draw lines and say "he is", and "she's not"? Are any of us fully and completely "the way we are supposed to be" both spiritually and physically?
I think Max may have been trying to get the evangelical and reformed worlds to "re-cherish" God the Father's love for our physical, mental and emotional body instead of emphasising our "spiritual" resurrection over our physical resurrection.
I just can't wait to see how my cousin, who lived heartily, died humbly, has/will rise again with a "restored" physical body. Will he be "free" of the "disability" that he knew? Will he have both arms again, and run and jump and play like he once did as a toddler? Would he want to? Would I recognize him if he did?
I am firmly convinced that at his funeral, when we all sung "Great is the Lord" it was not just to celebrate his spiritual resurrection" but also because, somehow, in a way the Lord only knows, his ressurected body and mind is fully "the way it is supposed to be".