Ego Sum Resurrectio Et Vita

While walking from the local Dunkin Donut shop with coffee in hand I passed this structure in the cemetary.  A sip of coffee, a momentary glance and I kept walking.  Some 30 paces ahead, something about the image of the structure beckoned me. The inscription was in greek. At least I thought it was, but it was not.  It was latin.  I had taken greek in school.  The words were:

“Ego sum resurrectio et vita”

meaning,

“I am the resurrection and the life.”

It was the first word that caught my attention. It looks like the english word for, “ego”, but in greek it is the infinitive verb, “to be”, which must also be true in latin and it is translated as, “I am.”

As I stood gazing at the inscription, the thing that captivated me about this word is how it corresponds to its english look-a-like, not only in looks but in meaning because “ego” has to do with an awareness of self.  You cannot say, “I am” unless you are aware that you are.

Jesus, the Son of the living God spoke these words about His awareness of who He is.  He is the grantor of eternal life and the facilitator of practical life.

As the grantor of eternal life God says in John 3:16 that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have eternal life.

As the facilitator of practical life He is the great restorer. When I get a touch of poison ivy, as I currently have, He heals it. When my spirit gets weak David was so right when he said in Psalms 23:

“He restores my soul.”

He said, “I am”, and He is because it is during many practical levels of the day that I wonder what I would do without Him.

Performer John Meddeski put it uniquely in this video:  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p66mFj2thT8