The living dead

As I said in my 1st post I'm studying Beth Moore. We are in week 5 of Breaking Free. I'm actually facilitating the class...sort of a scary thought. :)
As I've been studying and thinking tonight I've came across a few things I wanted to share and they are a good combination to explain why I named my blog a resurrected life.
1. the meaning of resurrect: to bring back to life; raise from the dead
...God not only resurrected the life I wanted to end, He resurrected the testimony I thought I'd lost, the career I thought was over, the loss of friends, and hopes I'd deeply buried.
2. "Perhaps the most profound miracle of all is living through something we thought would kill us. And not just living, but living abundantly and effectively-raised from living death to new life. A life indeed absent of something or someone dear but filled with the presence of the resurrection and the life....the life of a Christian is never about sameness. It's always about change...Christ binds and compresses it with a nail-scarred hand. Life will not ever be the same, but I have the invitation from Christ to rise to a new life--a more compassionate life, a wiser life, a more productive life. And, yes, even a better life. I never cease to be amazed at the bad God can use for good." (Beth Moore)
3. My story is more than my losses and I am finding my way through the wilderness of loss and loneliness.

So, as you begin to read through my journey my desire is not to glorify myself or my mistakes and successes but the One who allowed them, even those He didn't author. I was among the living dead and God has taken those ashes and making beauty from them...