Rolling Stone

 Luke 24:² They found the stone rolled away from the tomb...

What if it was our own millstone

rolled away at the garden tomb

that first Easter morning,

or even our grindstone?

Think of all the crushing,

breath-taking things rolled back

so they no longer interfere

with the joyous fullness

that God purposes for us to live;

no longer tied around our necks

as we try to swim through life;

not squeezing, grinding, hemming in;

unfettering us to hope, forgive, and live

for God, others, and self, in that glorious order;

free to exclaim creation's intended

hallelujahs at the top of our lungs,

pitched in the key of grace.

Just imagine the sound

of that rolling stone!

© 2013 Todd Jenkins