Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Lenten Love #13


“But what if I was wrong?
Oh what if I was wrong?
But hold on to what you believe, in the light
When the darkness has robbed you of all your sight”
-“Hold On To What You Believe”, Mumford and Sons

            I’ll admit, it’s easy to let doubts and fears creep into our hearts and minds.  God knows the headlines alone are enough to cause us great distress and worry.  Of course, those are the things that cause newspapers, television shows, and websites to succeed.  We let those fears get the best of us, and like a hungry child starving for food, we feed them, by reading and listening to more and more. The next thing you know, we have forgotten about the Good News altogether.

            I think Lent is a great time for us to turn down the cacophony of bad news, to realize that the worst word is never the last word, and to refocus our hearts and minds on the Living God.  I love the fact that spring is just around the corner when it comes to this challenge.  Soon we will begin to see signs of life re-emerging from its winter slumber and as that new life springs up around us, we can be reminded that God is still moving in this world. 

            In the meantime, like the song says, we ‘hold on to what we believe, in the light’ that we know as Jesus Christ.  Thanks be to God for the Good News, even when we forget about it at times.
Peace,
B
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