Our God is a God not of the dead, but of the living, and through faith we know that our redeemer lives. The resurrection with all of its mystery might not give us the instant gratification of heaven or an immortal soul, but I believe it does more to impact the way we live in our bodies here and now, because we trust and hope that at the last our resurrected whole selves see God. And it’s that full bodied future hope that becomes embodied present love.