Wednesday: The Breathless Question

Ezekiel 37:3 — “He asked me, ‘Son of man, can these bones live?’”

Sacred Invitation

There are questions that land like thunder.
Not because they’re loud—
But because they echo in the hollow places we’ve sealed shut.

Today, God asks the question Ezekiel cannot answer.
The question we often avoid.
The question we don’t know how to carry.

Can what has died live again?

Daily Reflection

It’s easier to stay silent than to name what we’ve stopped believing in.
Easier to keep moving than to admit we don’t know if healing is possible.
Easier to hold our breath than to hope.

But Lent doesn’t force an answer.
It simply brings the question close.
God does not ask Ezekiel to give a solution.
Only to hold the mystery.

“Can these bones live?”
Maybe all you can say is:
“I don’t know.”
Or: “Only you know, God.”
That is enough.

This is the day we stand with our uncertainty.
Not trying to escape it.
Not pretending we’re full of faith.
Just letting the question be spoken—gently, honestly, openly.

Somatic Practice: Let the Question Rise

Sit quietly with both feet planted on the floor or ground.
Place one hand over your chest, the other over your lower belly.

Breathe slowly.
Let your breath move beneath your hands.

Now, whisper the question aloud or within yourself:
“Can these bones live?”

Notice where it lands in your body.
Is there tightness? Resistance? Longing? Numbness?
Stay with it for a few breaths.

You don’t need an answer.
Just permission to feel the question in your bones.

When ready, say:
“I don’t have to know.
I only have to stay.”

Closing Prayer

God of the unanswerable questions,
You meet us where words fail.
You do not rush us to believe,
But tenderly hold our doubt.
Keep asking, even when we cannot answer.
And stay with us in the not-knowing.
Amen.