Lent Meditation Day 5
In today’s reading, Chole writes, “We are loved when making bold proclamations near cool waters under sunny skies. We are loved when asking sincere questions in dark cells and darker times.”
A Note from Ruth
These meditations are a reflection of my personal journey through Lent at a time when I was experiencing deep spiritual growth and learning what it means to grow in community as a student at the Academy for Formation and Mission. In part, I wrote them to process my own thoughts, but mainly to share those contemplations, because I felt they were meant to be experienced by others. My hope was to encourage others to go deep, to see God and Lent with a new perspective, and to self-reflect in a way that brings hope.
How profound this is. We are God’s beloved, right now, just as we are, no matter what we are feeling, whether triumph or doubt. It is God’s love that keeps us on the spiritual path.
I know in looking back over my life, it has been in the dark times that God has been most active. Sometimes my struggle to believe made me attempt to shut God out, waiting to return when things made sense again. The thing is, the Holy Spirit keeps reminding us in those times that God is with us. She shines the light of love on our souls. I have found that her light often shone only on me in dark times, and not on my surroundings. It did not guide me on the path, or illumine the worries that pressed in on me when I felt stuck, but simply bathed me in a love so real I knew I would get through it all somehow.
It bears repeating: We are God’s beloved.