10.11.2004

was one of those reclining at the table

The follow-up to one of the greatest stories in the history of the world is less than a grand event; rather it's intimate, and thus all the more moving to me. He doesn't merely command the unbinding and the coming forth and the letting him go. No, he stays.

John 12 has Lazarus reclining and eating and staying. Imagine how much he already owed Him. Second life. But to also get the closeness of a meal, too? Salvation and a side order of friendship? Give me two of those.

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