Lent

although the ground is covered with snow, there is a songbird outside my window beckoning spring...

it is this pronouncement of the awakening to come, in the midst of the season of hibernation, that stirs my heart

i've been longing for springtime

i want this upcoming season of lent to be a time of tuning my heart to hear and training my feet to dance according to the song of the One who sings over me

i want to remove that which distracts me from Him and eliminate the noise that fills my ears and mind (but does not satisfy my heart and soul)

i want to fast - not to punish myself, but to position myself toward Him

i want my heart and my ears and my voice and my posture to be turned toward the Light

as the days lengthen and the snow outside will melt, i want my time with Him to deepen and my heart to soften

for the springtime and the resurrection have come and are coming

may i remember, prepare, and rejoice