It seems strange to say that each one of us is born to die – but it is true. We are born to live … we are born to die … and we are born to love!

Our mission therefore is to do all of this well. We learn to live, die and love from the people around us – our parents, family, friends, and culture.

But we also learn to hate from the influences around us.

The learning curve therefore is steep, and the climb from valley to mountain is not so easy. The prophets are said to stand high on the mountain where the crowd can see their actions and hear their words.

Martin Luther King was that kind of prophet – not perfect – but very true to the biblical world in which he was raised. But those around him were raised in a biblical world too – compromised by both hate and fear!

Jesus fulfilled his mission. He breathed his last on a Calvary hill where the counter-cultural cross of peace stood boldly; where he ‘gave over’ his spirit.

His last words were simply, “It is accomplished.”

Listen to the sound of his cosmic breath as the chant of Jesus’n last words proclaim the Spirit’s release.

His breath is your breath; his life becomes your life.
“It Is Accomplished!”

It Is Accomplished