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b'My skin is cold. Though I can\\u2019t know for sure how cold\\u2014since corpses can\\u2019t feel anything. They can\\u2019t do anything at all, really.\\nIf I had the ability to touch, I\\u2019d feel the icy, rough dirt that holds my stiff body in place. I\\u2019d feel the maggots wriggling their muculent bodies around the tips of my fingers, inside my ears, around my mouth, at the corners of my eyes.\\nIf my sense of smell were working, I\\u2019d smell the aroma of rotting things decomposing beneath the earth\\u2019s surface.\\nIf my tear ducts worked, I might wail as I thought on the fact that I am among them, my body food for the creatures that never see sunlight.\\nBut I can do none of those things.\\nBecause I am dead.\\nAnd when a person is dead, that is all they can do. Nothing.\\nThis is my fate. To do nothing. To be nothing. To know nothing. To love nothing.\\nUntil the moment that it isn\\u2019t my fate anymore.\\nSuddenly, the dirt is being pushed away from my body. Gentle hands are brushing the soil from my face, and I feel the warmth of them as they grasp my hands.\\nI feel them. As I have never been able to feel anything before!These warm hands that send a blaze of warmth and life flowing up my arms and throughout my body now pull me upward until I\\u2019m above the ground.\\nI squint in the sunlight with eyes that can see!\\nWhen my eyes finally adjust to the bright light, I look into the face of the One who pulled me out. The One who has breathed life into my dead body and saved me from a fate of death and nothing.\\nThe Man who smiles back at me wears white robes, free of blemish or spot. On His head is a crown made of the finest metals and precious stones.\\nThis Man is the King. He cares for me. And He has made me alive. \\u2022 Emily Tenter\\n\\u2022 Reread today\\u2019s Bible verses. Why is dead the word used to describe us before we know Jesus? \\n\\u2022 Our sin leads to death (Romans 6:23). Read Romans 8:10-11 and 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17. How does Jesus\\u2019 death and resurrection guarantee that He will bring eternal life to those who have put their trust in Him? \\n\\u2022 Have you experienced being made alive by God? Find out more about what this means on our \\u201cKnow Jesus\\u201d page.\\nBut God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love that he had for us, made us alive with Christ even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace! Ephesians 2:4-5 (CSB)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nEphesians 2:1-10'