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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hello, my name is Joel Knights and I'm a vicar in the Church of England
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Sometimes it feels like words can reshape the world. Soaring speeches, breathtaking poetry, the words I love you spoken for the first time
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the naming of a newborn. But sometimes it feels like words have no power at all
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Perhaps most of all in times of grief. The times where there are no words, for there's nothing to say
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Where words can't pierce the sorrow. Where tears, hugs, bowed heads are all there is
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In Luke chapter 7, Jesus faces a time just like that. It's a funeral procession for a widow burying her only boy
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A tragedy atop a tragedy. And it's no time for words. And yet Jesus moves toward the coffin
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stops the procession, and opens his mouth. Young man, I say to you, get up
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There's no room for Jesus to hide at this point. He stands in the middle of the road, surrounded by a funeral procession
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treating this boy's death like an afternoon nap. And the question is, what sort of power do Jesus' words have
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Can they pierce the grave? Can they sneak past death? Can they reverse our final journey
