Tombs have a disobliging tendency to become shrines where death and vengeance are turned into virtues and sacred obligations. Maybe that is why the only tomb we celebrate is an empty one, where life, not death, is a sacred obligation, and vengeance is none of our business.

On Judgment Day we will all stand before the Throne of Grace, and only the very foolish will dare to utter the word “I.” I believed, I followed, I trusted, I loved. Anything that starts with “I” is something we have held back for ourselves rather than let ourselves be filled with Him.