The desert time of Lent provides both a mirror and a lens - a mirror to see ourselves more clearly, and a lens through which we can see the world around us with crisp clarity. Lent invites us to hold up that mirror and take a long hard look without averting our eyes or distracting our mind. At first clear seeing may not seem like much of a gift, but it is the only path to freedom. Ditto with the lens - we miss so much of what is going on around us because we see our world dimly, and sometimes not at all.
When you hold up the mirror, what do you see? When you gaze through the lens, what is around you? What do these miracles of glass teach you about yourself and your world? And what then will you do with this knowledge?
Desert - by Ruth Burgess
The desert waits
ready for those who come,
who come obedient to the Spirit's leading;
or who are driven,
because they will not come any other way.
The desert always waits,
ready to let us know who we are -
the place of self-discovery.
And whilst we fear, and rightly,
the loneliness and emptiness and harshness,
we forget the angels,
whom we cannot see for our blindness,
but who come when God decides
that we need their help;
when we are ready
for what they give us.
Lent is a mirror through which we view our spiritual life reflected in the glass made from the sand of the Lenten desert. It gives us a holy, precious view - if only we will look...
With love,
Kim
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