REVIVAL
It is an interesting word, revival. It has been used by Christians and the Church for a long time. I hear churches praying for revival. Songs are written about it. We say, "there's a revival coming". We want revival for our church, we want revival for our own personal lives. My question is, do we know what we are asking for? Do we even know what it takes to have revival? Let's take a look at the definition of revival (one of several, at least): Revival: The act or an instance of reviving or the state of being revived. (Collins Concise English Dictionary) Revive: From the Latin roots re- (again), vivere (to live). (https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/revive) First of all, the very first thing that I see in this definition is that in order for something to be revived it has to be dead. That's hard. I guess that when I ask for personal revival, I am actually realizing that I am dead, or that at least there is something dead in me. The same with the C...