Surgeons are now able to replace someone's face with one from a dead donor. "Some of the successes have been dazzling. People who couldn't speak, speak normally, or go out in public now can walk the streets without being recognized as someone who got a new face." (quote from Marilynn Marichone, Associated Press)
Science is woefully behind the surgery performed by Jesus. He isn't content to give us simply a new face. He desires to give us a new life. That was and is the whole point behind His crucifixion and resurrection. He died so that we may have life. Everlasting life.
But the pure beauty of His gift to us is that we do not have to wait until death to receive it. We can have a new life here on earth. We can experience joy despite circumstances, patience, love, and all the other fruits of an abundant life if we choose to accept Christ as our Lord and Savior. It's a simple trade-off that is supremely difficult to do as long as we live in ourselves, for ourselves, by our own strength and ego.
I know. My pride, arrogance, intellect and self-sufficiency kept me from a new life in Christ for longer than I care to admit. I look back now and am astounded at how my stubbornness kept me from accepting a gift that was freely given and more expensive than I could ever pay back. A gift of new life. A gift of everlasting life. A gift of unconditional love. I'm on my knees thanking God that I opened my arms and my heart to receive Him. Life is sweeter for knowing Him.
So on this Easter Sunday, I choose not to be someone who can walk the streets without being recognized as having received not just a new face, but a new life thanks to Doctor Jesus. Instead, I want my life to be a very public reminder that I am His. I want to shout from the roof tops, "Halleluiah! Jesus Christ is risen from the dead!"
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