In the dark cave
where my body was laid
where I took all death
Where I took all loss of hope
Where I took broken dreams,
In the bleakness
of the enclosing rock tomb
In this destruction cave
where waiting 
held three days of Grief,
in that cave the miracle
of my resurrection
forever breaking death
Freed you forever from the cave
Freed you forever from death
Freed you forever to new life,
so from your cave
I bring you into rebirth
a life of new dreams
a new journey,
You are eternally forgiven
Eternally new
Eternally renewed in God.

Starting Thoughts:
Trapped in a cave? Maybe you are needing to come out of hibernation? There in your cave God can meet you through Christ who went into a death cave, trapped in it for three days, but broke free (easily) to bring you that same freedom.
Written during baptism service where in the water we also die to self.
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