Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel.  They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and we are cut off.’  Therefore prophesy to them and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: O my people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them…Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.  I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live…(Ezekiel 37:11-13).

Today’s Halloween.  My neighborhood is covered with skeletons and open graves.  They are meant to be scary, or funny, or…

You know what, Beloved?  I’ll bet no one is intending these images of death to be comforting.  And yet, I’ll never look at bones or graves the same way again.

Thanks, God.

Your Word wins.