It's the close of Lent. Now it's Easter. Time to look forward, and rejoice in Hope.
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| Easter 2012, Messiah Lutheran Church, Mauldin, SC |
I've learned and grown through these forty days of my Lenten discipline. I've faced my failures, admitted my faults, remembered joys, and rejoiced in memories. Looking back to where I've come and comparing my old self to who I am now, I know I have a ways to go on my journey of life. But there's good in affirming how much has changed in me since I was a child.
I might still doubt sometimes. When I do, I run to the cross, dip my fingers in the holy water, and remind myself of my baptism. I still fail my kids in this mothering business. When that happens, I try to treat them with respect, apologise when I'm wrong, and model repentance to them. I still have flashbacks and occasionally have a hard time talking about episodes from my past. But that doesn't mean I shouldn't talk.
I'll keep on talking because over the course of this Lenten Project, I've received numerous messages, emails, texts, and comments from people who have been helped though my telling my story. There are universal elements, things with which people identify, in each of my posts, stuff that unites us all in this human journey. This blog series has sparked numerous positive conversations, inspired reconciliations, and reminded others of the Hope we have in Christ. There have been horrifying stories recalled, funny episodes related, and lots of in between, just-tell-it-like-it-is kinds of posts. I hope my Lenten Project has been a blessing to you, and I invite you to stick around for future posts. I don't intend to stop.
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