Ephphatha, Be Opened
What if every sigh were to carry the word that Jesus follows with, “Ephphatha which means, Be opened?” What if the exhalation, the breathing out, that accompanies every sigh is the breath of life? Pastor Tony asks us to sigh together, not out of resignation, but to express our opposition, to embolden our resistance and reinforce our refusal to the closed places in our lives and our world. That sigh would be a divine sigh, a prayer, a cry for help, an expression of longing and desire, a hopeful expectation. SIGH! “Ephphatha, be opened.”