Lent: Prayerful and Intentional

For there to be acceptance and change;

There must be peace and courage.

For there to be acceptance and change;

There must be patience and hope.

For there to be acceptance and change;

There must be a promise that today need not be like yesterday

AND
Perhaps we don't know everything we need to, ought to, could know.

Wisdom is an edge of a cliff.

The moment you teeter there wondering if you should step out.

Other voices say, "Just turn back to what was...keep going back to the past.  Keep trying to live in the place were you can reasonably predict and think you've got it all figured out."

Wisdom is the edge of what might be new, different, unexpected and even unintended.

That is exciting.

And scary.

And hopeful that God is not finished with us yet.

And fearful that maybe we don't have everything all perfectly aligned.

And so much more.

Stepping to the end of a cliff, the edge of a diving board or steep hill.

We catch our breath determined to take the next right step.

And suddenly we plunge...

And suddenly we sense a sensation that is more about the flow of life...less about us.

A sensation we know as grace.