OMG. . .In So Many Ways

“We humans get fixated staring at our dusty, wilderness weary feet, when from just beyond the torn skies and threatening clouds come doves and rainbows.

So this Lent look up.  Immediately. Don’t hesitate. The gospel of Mark beckons us to a radical Lenten faith- to trust in rainbows – even when covered in ash.  Remember your life.   Remember your neighbor’s life.  Remember we are alive.  Here. Now.

A Beautiful Year   Diana Butler Bass

Two days.  Lent begins.  And I’m starting to have a whole different idea.  About how to walk into this wilderness season.

Perhaps a new way of giving up something. 

We are Beloved.  God’s beautiful children.  Why do we find that so hard to believe?  God loves you.  Not so sure He loves me.  Why?  Why so difficult to comprehend.

There’s a promise in the rainbow.  God’s promise to never forget us.  Do rainbows show themselves in the wilderness?  Yes, I believe so. 

Can God forget to love us?  His rainbow says no.  He’s sending rainbows in the desert.  Rainbows over the dusty wilderness.  Rainbows over our complicated lives. 

So, this Lent that is what I choose to give up.  The idea of less than.  Of not being God’s beloved. Of looking down instead of up.  Of failing to catch sight of rainbows.  Of not remembering God’s promise.  

Always.  Here.  Now. 

We are God’s Beloved. 

OMG. . .In So Many Ways.