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LENT: A JOYOUS SPRING JOURNEY
Did you know that the word “Lent” means spring? It is no mistake or accident that our Lenten journey takes place in the spring months ending with the Resurrection bursting miraculously forth in all of God’s glory. From this miracle comes proof of God’s Word. Jesus taught us how we are to live and He will open the gates of Heaven for us when we die—His gift, our Salvation. If there had been no Resurrection, we would not have a religion in which to believe or live by.
Jesus’ earthly journey began with His birth, son of Mary. He lived and grew in relative obscurity and matured into the man His Father wished Him to be. (“This is my Son in whom I am well pleased…Listen to Him.“) Just as in all living things in Crea- tion, He was born, He grew, He died. Spring has always been thought of as the season of beginnings. But Jesus Christ came on this earth to die. To die for all mankind in a most inglorious way was His gift — to redeem us. Jesus lived with us and died for us. His life and Words were the examples of how we should live our lives in order to inherit this gift: Salvation.
None of us likes to think we came to be born in order to die. Death is something that most of us do anything we can, as long as we can, to delay or avoid thinking about. When we are young, we think it will never happen to us. As we grow older, we work on delaying it as we begin to realize we probably can’t avoid it. As we become much older, we come to be at peace with its inevitability, especially if we have the gift of faith. Through many seasons we live, we come to know many of God’s gifts to us in life; and we begin to realize the greatest gift He gave us is yet to come—death and eternity with God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Lent teaches us this. Death is not ours to control, only our life choices.
In this spring’s Lenten journey we should find ourselves becoming more and more joyous the more involved we become with God. Our time and talents, our prayers and actions in our church and private lives will culminate Easter morning in a new and glorious self—if only we discipline ourselves to live it. We have to die. But Jesus told us to live, to be happy, to know the joy of His Father, and our journey’s end will be the most glorious moment of all. Jesus came to die. But He taught us that HOW WE LIVE IS OUR GIFT TO HIM.
Stewardship: Kathy Reilly 781-444-0862
E-mail: kreilly15A yahoo.com
Please contact me if you need a ride to any service, wish for a Communion visit, or have any other Lenten questions.
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Sharing: Time Talent Treasure
LENT: A JOYOUS SPRING JOURNEY
Did you know that the word “Lent” means spring? It is no mistake or accident that our Lenten journey takes place in the spring months ending with the Resurrection bursting miraculously forth in all of God’s glory. From this miracle comes proof of God’s Word. Jesus taught us how we are to live and He will open the gates of Heaven for us when we die—His gift, our Salvation. If there had been no Resurrection, we would not have a religion in which to believe or live by.
Jesus’ earthly journey began with His birth, son of Mary. He lived and grew in relative obscurity and matured into the man His Father wished Him to be. (“This is my Son in whom I am well pleased…Listen to Him.“) Just as in all living things in Crea- tion, He was born, He grew, He died. Spring has always been thought of as the season of beginnings. But Jesus Christ came on this earth to die. To die for all mankind in a most inglorious way was His gift — to redeem us. Jesus lived with us and died for us. His life and Words were the examples of how we should live our lives in order to inherit this gift: Salvation.
None of us likes to think we came to be born in order to die. Death is something that most of us do anything we can, as long as we can, to delay or avoid thinking about. When we are young, we think it will never happen to us. As we grow older, we work on delaying it as we begin to realize we probably can’t avoid it. As we become much older, we come to be at peace with its inevitability, especially if we have the gift of faith. Through many seasons we live, we come to know many of God’s gifts to us in life; and we begin to realize the greatest gift He gave us is yet to come—death and eternity with God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Lent teaches us this. Death is not ours to control, only our life choices.
In this spring’s Lenten journey we should find ourselves becoming more and more joyous the more involved we become with God. Our time and talents, our prayers and actions in our church and private lives will culminate Easter morning in a new and glorious self—if only we discipline ourselves to live it. We have to die. But Jesus told us to live, to be happy, to know the joy of His Father, and our journey’s end will be the most glorious moment of all. Jesus came to die. But He taught us that HOW WE LIVE IS OUR GIFT TO HIM.
Stewardship: Kathy Reilly 781-444-0862
E-mail: kreilly15A yahoo.com
Please contact me if you need a ride to any service, wish for a Communion visit, or have any other Lenten questions.