A Lent To Remember

A reflection to contemplate

Walked into the desert with my little
life preserver filled with struggles, pain,
distractions, and brokenness uncertainty.

Did not realize the burden I was carrying.
Did not realize the fog I was in.
Did not realize the raw emotions, that
cocooned my pain.

Unbeknownst to me a surprise Visitor was waiting for me.
When I looked up and saw Him,
He held out His hand to me, as if saying
'come, please let me guide you.
Please trust me'.

The more I walked forward, the clearer to me
this Visitor's image became.

I recognized Him.
He was my heart's desire.
I felt relieved and dropped my life preserver.
I did not need it anymore.

Faith and hope was looking at me in the face.
What else do I need?

My sweet Visitor, is here with me in the desert.
He knows my name and as Isaiah echoed so long ago,
"I have called you with an everlasting love.
I have called you and you are mine."
Sweet songs of yesteryear seems to bring a reckoning to my heart.

So I walked hand in hand with my Visitor King.

Now He is not a Visitor anymore.
Savior is His real name.
So clear is my vision now.

A knowing flowed through my mind and heart.
He really died for me.
He really died for my redemption.
He really died so that I may live.
He really died so that I may know His love for
me.
He really died so that I may experience Him eternally.
He really died so that I may experience Him
in Holy Communion, Eucharist.

No greater love like this is so perfect.
No greater love like this is so pure.

I can never understand this, but maybe it was not made for my understanding.
It was made for me to embrace, believe, and
accept.

No life preserver filled with stuff of yesterday
to carry.
I left it all behind.

New adventure awaits me.
I have a new life preserver now and His name is Christ.

God bless you this Lent!