At St. Pete's Ash Wednesday service last night, Rev. Vertigan said something while preparing the elements for communion. He invited us to share together throughout our lenten journey.
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We always talk about doing the lenten journey together. .
This is important. We are never alone. Ash Wednesday (and part of the focus on Lent, really) is to focus on the brokenness that exists in our lives. To recognize that we are just dust. We have our flaws. We are miniscule. We build little things up to be so much more of a big deal than they really are. But guess what? It doesn't matter. My grades won't make or break my life. The petty arguments shouldn't ruin a friendship. It's about putting things in perspective.
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Where you do you find yourself in Christ's story this Lenten journey? Are you mourning the loss of a loved one? Are you rejoicing in a new life brought into this world? Are you suffering through the trials of life? No matter where you are on this journey to the cross or the resurrection, you aren't alone. Take joy in that fact. You have people pulling for you, supporting you, rejoicing with you, and crying with you. We... They... are out there.
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We walk the Lenten Journey together. We are never alone.
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