What I've really been thinking about today: how's your Lent going? Awesome, holding strong? Wavering, feeling a little tired? Are you feeling more like you're in a spiritual winter, cold and dark, than walking in the springtime?
If you feel like it might as well be snowing in your soul these days, here's a little shot of awesome from Audrey Assad ("Even The Winter"):
"Even the winter won't last forever,
we'll see the morning,
we'll feel the sun,
we'll wake up in April,
ready and able,
holding the seeds in the soil of our love"
We're just over halfway through our Lenten journey. Only two more Sundays of Lent before Palm Sunday. Holy Week is coming quickly, and I am so excited for it - no, not because it will mean Lent is over - but because Holy Week is probably my favorite week of the year (and Holy Thursday may well be my favorite day of the entire year - yep, that's another one of those posts for another time, kind of things).
Lent has been a completely different experience for me this year, for reasons I don't fully know, and can't explain well. Quite an interesting journey in every area of my life. That's certainly not to say that it hasn't been challenging, because it has, and it's also not to say that I haven't struggled, because I have. In all honesty, today has been the hardest, most challenging day of Lent for me so far. It's hard to go deeper in faith, it's hard for us to strive to seek Christ more deeply with all of the distractions around us, and it's hard to break down the pride that keeps us from loving those around us as we should.
So if you're struggling, keep the faith, because the rest of us are struggling, too. Besides (more of "Even The Winter"):
"What if the spring comes soon,
and we're surprised?
What if the seasons help us realize
some things are only proven over time, you know?"
For us, Lent is just a small part of our journey - a small part of our being "proven over time." 40 days.
+pace e bene, mi amici :)
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