Death after a long illness

I Corinthians 15:42-44

Opposites

The meditation text is three short verses from 1 Corinthians 15: "So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body."

Have you ever noticed how opposite things are in the faith, compared to our current experience? Again and again and again things are not really what they look like.The greatest example, of course, is the whole crucifixion of Christ. They thought that they were killing a man. They thought when they were done, he would be done. They thought that the nails and the cross would end it. They thought that the spear made dou…