Mike Edmisten Follower of Jesus. Husband of Nicki. Father of Ryan & Brock. Communicator of the Word.

Am I Going to Be OK?

Our two-year-old son, Ryan, ran smack into the corner of a wall last night and put a pretty decent sized gash in his forehead. We were at Children's Hospital Urgent Care for almost 3 hours last night. Ryan needed four stitches.

I was so proud of my little boy. Pardon the bragging here, but Ryan handled the situation better than a lot of grown men would have. He really just had one question. "Am I going to be ok?" Throughout the evening, he kept asking this question. He continually sought this reassurance from us. As long as mommy or daddy said it was going to be ok, then that was good enough for him.

I've been teaching through 1 Corinthians 15 at church this month. (Brian Morrissey was in the saddle this past Sunday as I was on vacation.) This Re:series is all about Jesus' resurrection from the dead. Jesus went through a hellish death on the cross, but death couldn't hold him down. Three days later, death was defeated. And God now extends this same overcoming resurrection power to our lives.

That's not to say that we won't experience rough times. God, in fact, said that we would. But the resurrection is God's promise that we will overcome the tough times. It may not happen until eternity, but it will happen. God will stitch up our wounds. Through the resurrection, our Dad has assured us that it's going to be ok.

That's good enough for me.