This is the season of Lent. It is supposed to be a time of reflection and connection with God. Traditionally it is a time of penance and sacrifice. Unfortunately people have lost the purpose of the penance and sacrifice. it is meant to help us focus on God. It is not an end unto itself.

Lent is just one period in our life where we can seek out the essence of our soul, where we can search for who we really are.

The only real access to who we really are, is through our personal relationship with God!

Only when we set aside time and allow ourselves to rest in God’s arms

·       can we find the safety,

·       the spaciousness,

·       and the scary freedom

·       to be who we are,

·       to be all that we are,

·       more than we are,

·       and less than we are.

Only when we live and see through God can “everything belong.” All other systems, outside God, depends on

·       exclusion,

·       expulsions,

·       punishment,

 and protection to find identity for their members

Our God is not a God of exclusion but a God of inclusion!!!