It is the end of day 7 of Lent. The creamer in my coffee and the peanut butter cookie are reminders that I have once again failed to keep even the simplest of Lenten vows.
Tomorrow is another day, another journey with Jesus into the desert, to the top of the mountain where all of the peanut butter cookies in the world pale into insignificance in comparison to all of the kingdoms of the world.
Moreover, it is another chance to journey to the place where any sacrifice that I may make pales into insignificance in comparison to the one who being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God as something to be grasped but rather took on the very nature of a servant on my behalf and on behalf of a world that God is reconciling to God’s self in Christ.
Oh how I need it now, to take the cup, to drink it slow, I can’t let you go. Oh but how I must be an acrobat to talk like this but act like that.
With fragments of scripture and rock songs on my lips as prayers, I ask that tomorrow be a better day.
Posted by jess on March 11, 2009 at 12:44 am
Wayne!! i love reading your inspiring posts. thank you!
Posted by jeskastkeat on June 1, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Wayne, I LOVE that Julian of Norwich comment….gosh, that is good!