Embark upon Lent – Thru Desert / w or wo dessert!
Admitting How & Where we have underestimated our influence letting our words or silences hurt
Abusing trust / betraying confidence
Admitting H & W we have made a show of relig.
attracting attn more to us than to our God
Admitting H & W in our lives vague interest
has become dangerous passion
and we are not sure what to do / ? in control
For God’s ways are not our ways /
nor our thoughts God’s thoughts
For God looks at the ugliest soul
& sees unstirred the wings of angel
we scan our finest neighbours anxious find flaw
God views time in the context of eternity and so finds a place for waiting/yearning/suffering/ dying
We demand instant results
looking for tomorrow before savoring today
God knows the one who suffers can ultimately save
this why Christ walks the way of the cross
& we fear that vulnerability which defies our power
& so we cry for crucifixion
Facing our Temptations / food or drink
habit or addiction / Power or prestige
facing the burden of our Cross
we make our way thru the desert
We are here not to have our worst confirmed
but to have our best liberated
And if we looked for or longed for an easier Gospel
a lighter cross / a less demanding savior –
– then here at this table we beg the Lord
to turn our eyes and Avert our longing
from what we want to choose
to the one who has chosen us
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