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1 Peter 1:21-25  The Message

^18-21 Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in. He paid with Christ’s sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you. It’s because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God.
^22-25 Now that you’ve cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it. Your new life is not like your old life. Your old birth came from mortal sperm; your new birth comes from God’s living Word. Just think: a life conceived by God himself! That’s why the prophet said,

The old life is a grass life,
    its beauty as short-lived as wildflowers;
Grass dries up, flowers droop,
    God’s Word goes on and on forever.

This is the Word that conceived the new life in you.

For Reflection 

Life is a journey that is best traveled in the company of the Holy Spirit.  Christ died and was resurrected so that we may be freed from the prison of self-determination and fear.  Christ  is the promise of God  incarnate in Christ.  The Christ event, the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, shows us the path to become the person and the community God intends us to become.  As Christ rose from the dead, we can rise above the seductions of mortality.  Happy Easter. Hallelujah!

Pray

Celebrate the life you have in Christ.