Lent day #3

So you ask, why in the heck is someone pontificating on the Lenten Season. I am attempting to share some thoughts about this spiritual season. I think taking a slice of each day reflecting on the whirlwind moments we call life (at the very beginning or as we lay our head down on the pillow) is more therapeutic for me rather than the intrigued reader. It's more "my time" away from the phones, the television, the scanners, and the myriad of responsibilities at hand.

I read something very interesting today. I read the first week of Lent has been called "The Porch of Lent." I find this quite the interesting way to portray this holy time. Lent is the entryway allowing us into the season. It ushers in the forty-plus day penance season.

Someone asked me today "what did you give up?" I told them giving something up is less important to me than attempting to act the christian-way every step of the way.

However, in the next breath, I lambasted someone for asking me "are we in lent? We're not supposed to eat meat today, right?" My response back was " if you have to ask if it is Lent and you don't know you are supposed to abstain from meat on Friday's in Lent, then why the heck are you even trying to adhere to this doctrine?" I never said I was perfect. However, it is maddening that some people proclaim they are something or someone and either don't know why they are doing it, are just going through the motions, or are trying to put on airs.

Just when I get in one of these 'losing hope modes,' I see a blatant sign that God means business and is in total control. I know they happen to everyone but it is one's willingness and openness to recognize the signs. Today as I was driving to work, stopped at a light downtown, DMB came on the radio. 'The Space Between' blaring from the speakers. Just as the line 'the wicked lies we tell' and specifically the word 'wicked' rang out, I turned my head a little to the left and saw the big ole trailer for the Broadway Musical WICKED parked along Chester Avenue. Now, THAT, to me is a sign. A 'get conked on the head' sign that no matter what I do, there is someone up there in control driving the bus!

Don't give up hope in the good things in life. They are there. You just have to look for them. And I've learned not to say "when so and so gets better" or "when I get a little more money" because those things may never happen. I tend to enjoy the moment. Enjoy what I have currently and cherish the company surrounding me at the time! Looks like we made it through day three. Take a deep breath, and spend some quiet time with your higher being.