ERASING, “IT’S  OVER”

It’s hard to hear, “It’s over!”

It is. If the movie, the meal,

the vacation was good, it’s

hard to face, “It’s over.”

Someone else needs our table,

our seat, our space, our place.

The End – it’s part of every day -

every movie –  every life. It’s reality.

The disciples had to face it.
Their Jesus was arrested,

roughed up, beaten, ridiculed,

condemned and pushed towards

Calvary with a cross - with death

just ahead. And he died. It’s over.

Death…. Burial… Roll the rock

over the entrance of the tomb.

Yet all stories, all history was about to

change that weekend, that moment,

in that tiny place in Palestine.

Easter…. Resurrection… began.

The Father erased death, pushed

away the rock, lifted his Son and

announced to all, “It’s not over!”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2014