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Apr 9, 2021

The first thing Jesus does when he’s raised from the dead, is find his friends behind locked doors in fear and offer “Peace.” Peace, not the absence of hardship, but the presence of liberation. He shows his wounds to his friends. What a defiant act. He bears no shame because of his wounds. He’s liberated, so his wounds are a part of who he is, not all of who he is. And then just like Harriett Tubman, the liberated Jesus shares the coordinates to freedom with his friends. “As I have been sent, I now send you.” Peace isn’t relaxing on a chaise lounge safe from the world’s bite; peace is the presence of purpose. Peace is being liberated from purposelessness. Peace is partnership with Spirit. Fear, wounds and a lack of purpose each can capture and kill, but Jesus comes with his way, truth and life to make us free.


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Lo primero que hace Jesús cuando es resucitado de entre los muertos es encontrar a sus amigos tras puertas cerradas con miedo y ofrecerles la “Paz”. Paz, no la ausencia de dificultades, sino la presencia de la liberación. El le muestra sus heridas a sus amigos. Que acto tan desafiante. El no tiene vergüenza de sus heridas. Está liberado, así que sus heridas son parte de quien es, no todo de quien es. Y así, al igual que Harriet Tubman, el Jesús liberado comparte las coordenadas de la libertad con sus amigos. “Como el Padre me envió a mí, así yo los envío a ustedes”. La paz no es relajarse en un sofá a salvo de la mordedura del mundo. La paz es la presencia del propósito. La paz es asociación con el Espíritu. El miedo, la heridas y la falta de propósito pueden capturar y matar, pero Jesús viene con su camino, verdad y vida para hacernos libres.

Juan 20: 19-31