Personally, I love the season of
Lent. A lot of people get really
liturgical and that makes me really happy.
Last year during Lent I was at the
office of the Oklahoma Annual Conference.
A man from the Oklahoma Indian conference prayed in Cherokee. I really didn’t know what he said, but at the
end of that prayer he said in English, “May the Holy Spirit blow threw you
bones as if they were a whistle.” Or
something like that.
Some of you may know that several years
ago I was in a very traumatic car accident.
By very traumatic I mean that everyone walked away. Everyone except me, I was life flighted from
the scene. My femur was shattered, and
walking again became my new challenge.
Every year I celebrate walking again.
However, I still have a medal rod in my femur. The rod runs from my hip to my knee inside my
femur, where people have bone marrow.
The thing about this rod, is that most of
the time I cannot feel it, but I know that it is there. However some times when it rains, or gets
super cold outside or even really hot, I can feel that there is a rod in my
leg. When I feel this rod, my behavior
changes ever so slightly. Many people
ask me why I am limping, or in some cases people ask why I am walking like a
bear.
That rod is like the Holy Spirit. Always present within me, and impacting my
outward behavior. What do I want my
outward behavior to look like now? I
want people to see Christ’s love for them as I allow ministry to flow through me.
This season of Lent I am hoping for the
Holy Spirit to show me light, the way, and love. I will be doing my part to stay in love with
God, I pray that during this season you will be doing your part to stay in love
with God.
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