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This Season

Yesterday (Ash Wednesday) marked the beginning of Lent, a season that calls us to return again to God. It is a season that bids us seek repentance from our sinful nature.  Lent is a season that begs us to grow in our faith. The 40 days of Lent are a season of searching the depths of our spirit and soul to mend the brokenness in our relationships; with one another and with God.

This Season,
Mend a quarrel. Seek out a forgotten friend.
Dismiss suspicion, and replace it with trust.
Write a love letter. Share some treasure.
Give a soft answer. Encourage youth.
Manifest your loyalty in word and deed.
Keep a promise. Find the time. Forgo a grudge.
Forgive an enemy. Listen.
Apologize if you were wrong.
Try to understand. Flout envy.
Examine your demands on others.
Think first of someone else. Appreciate.
Be kind. Be gentle. Laugh a little.
Laugh a little more.
Deserve confidence. Take up arms against malice.
Decry complacency. Express your gratitude.
Say a prayer. Welcome a stranger.
Gladden the heart of a child.
Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the Earth.
Speak your love.
Speak it again. Speak it still once again.
                                                            -Anonymous

We should find strength and comfort in the knowledge that this season, like other seasons of our lives, can cause us to become better Christians-if we allow God in. In this season of Lent return again to the foot of the cross. Remember from ash you were created to ash you will return, the 40 days of lent bind the ashes and brokenness together restoring you to the Whole God-created person you have always been. Because of the grace and power this season bring return again to God and find restoration and forgiveness.

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