Can these bones live? This was the question God asked Ezekiel in this Sunday's Old Testament lesson. Can these bones ~ dry, brittle, lifeless, bleached ~ live? Ezekiel, probably not knowing what to say, responded, "O Lord, you know."

The good news is that when we see only despair and hopelessness, God sees life. God told Ezekiel to prophesy to the bones and soon they were being knit together with muscle and flesh and, ultimately, breath. God knew the dry bones could live.

Do you ever feel dry and brittle? Are there times when your life feels like nothing more than dry bones? Easter tells us that life comes out of death, but the path to Easter leads through the graveyard. This tells me that even when we feel lifeless and brittle, God can work in us to bring new life. "Can these bones live?" "O Lord, you know."