Therefore, brothers and sisters, holy partners in a heavenly calling,
consider that Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,
was faithful… (3:1)
We are a few days into a long Lenten journey—far enough to feel the
season working on us.
We rest in new patterns of prayer. Our fasting bodies sense long-forgotten
hungers. We discern what we truly need, as we risk sharing, not guarding, our treasures.
And we are getting used to the wilderness with its new questions.
Familiar facades drop away, and we wonder, as if for the first time: “Who am I, really?”
Might I be, as Hebrews suggests, a fellow apostle with Jesus? One
who is sent—by God, into this world. A holy partner with Christ? A
sister or brother to all others?
Is that me? Can I live that life this Lent, and beyond?
—Josh Thomas
Hmmm - "forgotten hungers." Can we slip into resenting wilderness times because they are really really being "hungry" times? Or are we so "super-sized" in responding to worldly hungers that the true hunger God has for us feels uncomfortable? A holy life is regularly asking myself, "Who am I, really now, God?" And waiting for the answer. Dare I ask God to supersize me?
ReplyDeleteYeah yeah - laughing - I already am supersized in some ways! Perhaps being supersized for God is slimming down worldly want?
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