We've had a few days of brilliant sunshine recently. The one this weekend turned up what a terrible housekeeper I am. Dust everywhere, cobwebs, floors that don't shine, and stuff where it shouldn't be. I got a little loopy, feeling overwhelmed and blaming a little too much, my lovely but unconcerned children.
Lent is like sunshine to my soul. Every Lent, late in week 2 or early in week 3, I start to see a lot of cobwebs and dust. A lot of disorder and a lot that doesn't shine. It is never pretty and I usually respond by wanting to crawl under the covers.
I'm thankful that God doesn't let me lie there under the covers and pout. I'm thankful I have children who keep getting me up. And while I can never completely get rid of the dust and disorder this side of heaven, that I can take up dusting with confidence, knowing that He already completed what is still being worked out in me.
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I wasn't in a place where I could do Lent this year. Or maybe I could, but it felt like too much of a risk. (I currently can't even attend church because it makes me panic.) But I do remember the awful feeling of discovering all that dust... and the wonderful feelings of seeing it cleaned out. Thanks for the reminder. Makes me think that maybe I can go back to Lent next year.
-- SJ
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