I’ve been mowing my lawn ever since my lawn guy, one of our former youth headed off to A & M. I could hire someone to mow it for me but I’m kind of cheap and I originally hired Josh to mow as much to support him as to save myself the work. Well, I was mowing the other day and noticed that I seemed to be hitting a few more rocks and tree roots then normal. That should have been the first indication that something was off but I kept mowing until I sheered off one of my sprinkler heads. Apparently some time between the last mowing and my mower’s odd behavior the height adjustment on my mower had reset itself. I was able to raise the height back up but the damage had been done. The blade is chewed up and I’ve had to replace the sprinkler head I decapitated. Perhaps it’s not the best analogy but I got to thinking about the Easter event and how it changes everything for us. Jesus’ death on the cross and his resurrection redefines our relationship with God and our relationship with the world. It has not only reconciled us with God, it should radically transform the way we relate to the world. It creates a new normal where we can no longer keep the status quo. Suddenly everything is filtered through God’s priorities and Kingdom agenda. To live as if the mower that is my life has not changed, is a denial of my Christian identity. Further, to operate my life as if nothing has changed can only undermine and even damage to my relationship with God as well as my sense of peace. And perhaps here’s where the analogy totally breaks down. Unlike a lawn mower that can simply be readjusted back to its original settings, I can never go back to who I was before.
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