Rocks Are So Glum

Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split. Matthew 27:51

Ouch! Poor rocks, no wonder they turned glum. In Richard Thompson's Cul de Sac this morning, we find out that Alice is driven crazy by rocks because they are so glum, so she paints smileys on them. Good solution, I'm sure the rocks appreciate it, just look at their happy little faces. Alice sure is nice to rocks. Why then is our Lord so mean to them?

Of course we know that it wasn't like that; Jesus in His death cry tore the temple veil, quaked the earth, split rocks, opened graves, and raised the dead saints. Our Lord had nothing against the rocks He had created, but He got the attention of those nearby and in the city (Jerusalem). Such was the passing of the Son of God that even the Roman centurion acknowledged it to his men. The rocks at that moment had reason to be glum: Jesus was dead.

I wonder if the rocks knew that something big was on the way? Their cousin, the tomb stone rolled across a certain tomb, might have been the first to know that something stupendous happened early one morning just after the Sabbath. It's too bad someone wasn't there to paint a big smiley on that tomb stone; it seems rather appropriate. Jesus got up, neatly folded His head cloth, and walked out of the tomb, passing a big ol' tomb stone that certainly would have grinned if it could. I'm thinking the rocks were not so glum on that day!

Smile, He is risen!
Bucky