Lazarus, wake up!

Dorothy wakes up and says, “you were there, and you were there! And you! You were scared. You were stuck. And you were broken! And I was lost.  But we found each other and went in search for answers—looking for a way back home. And we found that what we were looking for was right within us the whole time!”
And the joyful faces all around the bed of the just-waking child say, “Yes, Dorothy, we were so worried about you. We saw you running away from home. We saw the terrible storm coming. We knew you were at great risk of dying, but there was nothing we could do! And then you were badly hurt and fell asleep—It was as if you were dead. 
But you woke up! You came back! And now, even though we were here all along, it’s as if we are seeing each for the first time!”


“I am the resurrection and the life.  The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die.”