It is hard for me to believe that we are already half way through our Lenten journey this year. For the past couple of weeks I personally have been focusing on how Lent forces the believing community to live in the moment and not fast forward to a quick “Jesus fixes it” answer. In Lent, we are forced to live in the moment of repentance, waiting, wrestling, angst, longing, and faith.
As Christians we are often so quick to give “the answer” that we miss living in the tension… a fusion of hope and fear; faith and doubt; trust and unbelief; steps forward and falling back; trusting and playing it safe. Maybe in this tension/fusion/journey… is where we find God and God refines us.
Lent takes us on the journey of remaining in the moment where we must stay still, move slowly, suspend quick answers and quick fixes and walk a slow, contemplative journey to the cross.
In this journey, the cross takes on deeper meaning. In this pilgrimage, resurrection is seen more clearly and affects us more deeply.
I'm a little embarrassed to say this, but even though I grew up in the church, I have no idea what Lent is or the Lenten season. It just wasn't part of our heritage. Hearing you talking about it though makes me very interested. I'm going to be doing a little research on this.
Posted by: John DeMarco | March 11, 2007 at 11:25 AM