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March 1, 2009

Psalm 25:3 says, Show me your ways, O LORD, and teach me your paths. This is the first Sunday in Lent, which is the purple season of the Church that focuses on the path the human Jesus chose to take to the cross. Lent also conjures up moments of self reflection on the sacred road each one of us are walking--- a road toward a more intimate connection to God. Lent is a time of repentance, of getting our lives focused and center on God as opposed to focusing on the things of the world.

When I was young I used to help my dad fix the car. He wasn’t the handiest guy around, but when the car broke down dad had to try to fix it before calling a mechanic. Dad’s tool box basically contained a hammer, screwdriver, and duck taped, so his limited mechanical expertise consisted of screwing a bolt tighter, taping a piece in place, or pounding on something until it worked, like, for example, the carburetor. My job was to hold flashlight so he could see what he was pounding.

And I’d hold the flashlight, and get a little bored, and start daydreaming and pretty soon the light would drop from where it was to point, and dad would grab my hand and put the light back to where he wanted it to shine. And sure enough, a couple moments later, I’d get distracted again, and he’d say, “Hello, Rick, shine it here!”

Dad didn’t stop loving me. He didn’t tell me I wasn’t good enough to be his son. He didn’t pound me with his hammer. He just patiently guided my hand back to the point of focus. And that’s what God does for us. As we reflect on our lives this Lenten season, when we discover we are perhaps not walking the path God wants for us, if we have sort of spiritually daydreamed our way through the last few of months, if we’ve lost our focus, God is saying, “Hello, (your name goes in this spot), I want you here!”

God doesn’t want to disown you, or pound you, but God wants to patiently take your hand and guide you back on track. Show me your ways, O LORD, and teach me your paths.

Psalm 25:3 says, Show me your ways, O LORD, and teach me your paths. This is the first Sunday in Lent, which is the purple season of the Church that focuses on the path the human Jesus chose to take to the cross. Lent also conjures up moments of self reflection on the sacred road each one of us are walking--- a road toward a more intimate connection to God. Lent is a time of repentance, of getting our lives focused and center on God as opposed to focusing on the things of the world.

When I was young I used to help my dad fix the car. He wasn’t the handiest guy around, but when the car broke down dad had to try to fix it before calling a mechanic. Dad’s tool box basically contained a hammer, screwdriver, and duck taped, so his limited mechanical expertise consisted of screwing a bolt tighter, taping a piece in place, or pounding on something until it worked, like, for example, the carburetor. My job was to hold flashlight so he could see what he was pounding.

And I’d hold the flashlight, and get a little bored, and start daydreaming and pretty soon the light would drop from where it was to point, and dad would grab my hand and put the light back to where he wanted it to shine. And sure enough, a couple moments later, I’d get distracted again, and he’d say, “Hello, Rick, shine it here!”

Dad didn’t stop loving me. He didn’t tell me I wasn’t good enough to be his son. He didn’t pound me with his hammer. He just patiently guided my hand back to the point of focus. And that’s what God does for us. As we reflect on our lives this Lenten season, when we discover we are perhaps not walking the path God wants for us, if we have sort of spiritually daydreamed our way through the last few of months, if we’ve lost our focus, God is saying, “Hello, (your name goes in this spot), I want you here!”

God doesn’t want to disown you, or pound you, but God wants to patiently take your hand and guide you back on track. Show me your ways, O LORD, and teach me your paths.

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