Lent Week 2 ~ Quotes for Each Day

 

In the entire history of the universe, let alone in your own history, there has never been another day just like today, and there will never be another just like it again. Today is the point to which all your yesterdays have been leading since the hour of your birth. It is the point from which all your tomorrows will proceed until the hour of your death. If you were aware of how precious today is, you could hardly live through it. Unless you are aware of how precious it is, you can hardly be said to be living at all.  Frederick Buechner

 

There has never been a day like today, and will never be another again.  Hold this as we let Buechner’s words roam and rummage around the baggage of our lives. 

 

First, what is your response to these words and to this thought?  Agree, disagree, both, neither?  Maybe you feel a bit overwhelmed.  Be in conversation with this quote.  What questions would you want to ask?  What insights do you have about what he is saying? 

 

Second, let this quote interact with your life so far this week.  What from yesterday is still lingering?  What from last week, last month, or last year is still impacting and influencing your life?  How might today point to tomorrow, either for good or not so great ways?  Have you felt the preciousness of your life recently?  Note this may connect back to Monday’s quote about the lumps in your throat and tears in your eyes.

 

Third, sit quietly with this quote.  Not forcing it to do anything for you or to you, just being with it and letting the words be with you.

 

Fourth, how might you take these words or your own wisdom as a response to Buechner with you into this day?  Remember, it doesn’t have to be life-changing; your response might just be one millimeter of meaning that guides you through the wilderness of today. 

 

May your one wild and precious life be open to the holy mystery of this day.  Amen.