Today's reading from the old testament was about the valley of dry bones (Ezekiel 37).From the first time I heard this passage at the Great Vigil of Easter where I was baptized (and am sure to hear it again on the upcoming Great Vigil), I have always thought this one of the most provoking passages of the Bible.
An entire valley of dry bones, 'very dry bones'. No life had been present there for a long time. But yet God breathed life into these bones.
So much we learn about our faith is centered on the idea of dying to our old self before we can attain our new self. Here we have a direct representation of that. Death becomes life. The old becomes new. Dead, dry bones take on new life.
Are we (am I?) truly ready to become dry and dead so that we may attain new life?
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