Revive A Corpse In Three Simple Steps

Step 1: Find someone who can bring the dead back to life.

In my 2nd language (Consultantese) I call Step 1 the "show-stopper." There's no point in worrying about later steps if you can't get past the first.

And, of course, we can't.

But that doesn't stop me from trying occasionally.

No, I don't try to raise the dead. But I do try to "achieve sinless perfection" through personal effort from time to time, and it's no less impossible.

As if I could raise the dead.

As if I could stop sinning.

But I do know a God who can raise the dead and transform me through the awesome power of his mighty Holy Spirit.

And if we return to the original instructions I began with?

Step 1 isn't such a show-stopper, after all. That's really good news.

Because I feel like a walking corpse from time to time.