Just over 6 months...for no reason, exactly. And yet, for many reasons. Sometimes, what I want to say is too private to be said in a public forum, so I say nothing. Sometimes, I'm just too busy. Sometimes, I'm just too lazy.
On this Ash Wednesday, I am breaking the fast of words that I have held. This does not mean that the flood gates will open and that you will be reading any mush that falls out of my brain. It means that I will begin to share my voice again.
As Lent begins, so begins the call of churches to deprive one's self, to share with others, to spend one's time in studying God more...things that we should be doing, or calling each other to do, all year, not just for a period of 40 days. But we can handle 40 days, can't we? We can give up (candy, computer games, coffee, whatever) for 40 days, can't we? We can go to a Bible study once a week for 6 weeks, or an extra church service during the week for 6 weeks, can't we? We can...yeah, but why can't we the rest of the time?
Don't get me wrong. I know that we live in a post-Christian era, whether we want to admit it or not. I know that we are busy: that our kids are overscheduled and, as a result, our parents are overscheduled. I know that church is not the priority it was in the past.
For those of us who call ourselves Christian, we need to decide: Is God a priority in our lives? If we say that God is a priority in our lives, do our schedules reflect that? Do the schedules of our children reflect that? Do our lives in general - our actions, our financial decisions, the tv shows we watch and the music we listen to - reflect that?
If the answers to the questions in the above paragraph is overwhelmingly "no", then might I suggest that the days of this Lenten season be used to reflect on how those answers can be changed to "yes".
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