We have just begun the fourth week of Lent – halfway through, basically. This is the time to take a deep breath, and remember what this is all about: taking a journey with Christ, becoming more transformed into his likeness, emptying myself and being filled with his Word, his presence, his people. Loving better. Being hungry.
I had a very busy weekend, gone most of the time. I need quiet alone time and reflection to renew and refresh myself, and I did not get much of that. On Saturday I also became discouraged, mostly because I got tired. And then this morning I had to walk four blocks in the wind and cold snow/sleet/rain from my car to the office (I don't mind the walk, it was the weather that was hard to take).
But the GOOD news is that I did not take any of my tiredness or discouragement out on loving hubby (I even made oatmeal-raisin cookies for him at 9 p.m. last night and threw in the dark chocolate-covered ginger bits I bought at the coffee shop – all of them!). And I didn’t vent my frustration on anyone at work. So I may not have made anyone’s day brighter today, but at least I don’t think I made it any gloomier.
I call that progress!
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