How often do we challenge ourselves to see potential in the impossible? Or to imagine something from nothing? That is what we are called to do this Lenten season. Lent is an uncomfortable time because we are called to look at ourselves in a shaky mirror and see our raw and bare selves. Lent is a time to be introspective and reflective, but we are also called to find God in the bleakness of the season. We are called to look upon the brokenness of humanity, the despair of death, and the messiness of the world and see the Lord.
We are called to find God in barren, desolate places, and in the cracks of society. Therefore, when we look in the mirror and see ourselves, we see the light of the Lord that shines around us. So, as you walk the days of Lent, lean on the Lord and look for the One on high in the highest and lowest places, for there is beauty in the mundane and something in the nothingness.
This message is excerpted from “Finding something in nothing” by Ralen M. Robinson in the January 2024 Café online magazine.
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