Friday
Apr052024
Exhale...inhale...
Friday, April 5, 2024 at 4:19PM Jesus breathes on his disciples (John 20:22), beginning the respiratory cycle with this exhalation. The disciples presumably complete it, inhaling the breath that Jesus has exhaled.
Morgan Harper Nichols, in her book Peace is a Practice, describes both the inhale and the exhale: “Inhaling is the act of taking it all in. It’s making room for inspiration. . . . To exhale is to say: I’ve done the work I can do. I’ve taken in what I can take in. Now is the time to release. Let it go.” (Morgan Harper Nichols, Peace Is a Practice, Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2022, pp 14-18).
Jesus has done his work. Now he releases the work of forgiveness to his disciples. He sends them, just as the Father sent him (20:21).
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