Reflecting on Lent

Lent can be a great time for reflection. Many choose to take away things during this time that they deem unhealthy or which have started to take up too large a place in their lives. Others choose to add things to their life that they feel would be positive.

No, I 'm not Catholic :-) I was raised Lutheran and my family currently attends a Methodist church. This is a small cross my wife had set up on the altar of the praise service where I play and sing on Sundays.

I considered giving up photo taking for Lent but knew of too many upcoming photo opportunities between now and Easter "-) Then I thought maybe I could give up Flickr … but I also use Flickr as a way to share photos with family and friends so I didn’t want to do that either.

Anyway, this photo was going to be my “Goodbye Until Easter” photo but instead it will be my “Here’s my boring thoughts on Lent” photo :-)

In what I’m sure was a stroke of spiritual wisdom, I have instead decided to increase my salad intake for Lent … which will hopefully lead to the taking away of pounds :- D

I will also share the following poem I found:


Lent
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Wind and rain this grey
Lenten day.
Wind that howls around
Jagged sins.
Rain,
My vain
Desire for holiness,
Condenses against a leaden sky
And falls again.
No sadness, no desire, no pain.
Only this grey day.
I'll believe in Easter
When it comes.
When it comes again.

--Sr. Jo Morton, OSB Mount Angel, Ore.