Watercolor Wednesday: A time to reflect

The beginning of Lent can feel a bit like this watercolor of my dad’s – grey, overcast, a bit dreary and rainy. Very English weather, in fact. We don’t know how long we’ll feel like this, and if the clouds will lift.

Many Christians don’t observe Lent – they see the work of Jesus on the cross as freeing them from their sins, and thus Easter is the moment to celebrate, not the time before. I respect that, but also appreciate these forty days before Easter as a time to prepare myself for Resurrection Sunday. A time to examine my heart and mind before God, asking the Holy Spirit to search me and make me more like Jesus.

However you observe the season – or do not – I pray that some shafts of Light will shine through and give you warmth and grace.