Lenten Reflection
For I create Jerusalem to be a joy
and its people to be a delight.
Isaiah 65:18
As we enter the second half of Lent, it is important to recall that the object of our Christian faith is to be a joyful people. With headlines frequently filled with doom, our world may seem to be more a place of pain than joy. Yet God’s promise is faithful –the end of the journey is joy.
and its people to be a delight.
Isaiah 65:18
As we enter the second half of Lent, it is important to recall that the object of our Christian faith is to be a joyful people. With headlines frequently filled with doom, our world may seem to be more a place of pain than joy. Yet God’s promise is faithful –the end of the journey is joy.
In our own lives, we often focus on our pain rather than our joy. As adults we worry about our jobs, our families, our financial stability. As students we worry about school, our relationships with our friends, our place in this world. We wonder what people think of us and what destiny the decision makers have in store for us. We are preoccupied with the future, and we fail, at times, to appreciate the present.
While some of us worry about the future, others live in the past. We focus our present or past events, overwhelming grief, or old wounds. While this grief and these wounds are real, our healing lies in living in the present and understanding that God is with us in our suffering. Surrendering our lives into God’s hands allows us to stay in the present and thank God for the gifts that we have. God’s joy is in our midst, we just need to open our eyes.
May joy take hold in your heart during this Spring Break time of healing and renewal.
(With thanks to Sister Joan Mueller, OSC in Journey to Joy: Daily Reflections for Lent.)
While some of us worry about the future, others live in the past. We focus our present or past events, overwhelming grief, or old wounds. While this grief and these wounds are real, our healing lies in living in the present and understanding that God is with us in our suffering. Surrendering our lives into God’s hands allows us to stay in the present and thank God for the gifts that we have. God’s joy is in our midst, we just need to open our eyes.
May joy take hold in your heart during this Spring Break time of healing and renewal.
(With thanks to Sister Joan Mueller, OSC in Journey to Joy: Daily Reflections for Lent.)
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