Psalm 51:1-17
“For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you alone, have I sinned…” What a powerful confession to make before God. However uncomfortable it is for our lips to utter these words of the psalmist, we know that they are true for us just as they were true for the people of ancient Israel. Lent begins with time set aside for us to reflect on our own fallibility and mortality, our need for forgiveness and the power of resurrection.
The season of Lent invites us to humility on our knees, open inward journeys, self denials and recognition of our need for Christ. Let us welcome these forty days, welcome the intimacy of growing closer to God. And let us revel in this time that we have to pause, to remember what Christ has done for us. These next forty days give us time to pause, time to reflect, prepare and remember what Christ has done for humanity and what Christ has done for each of us individually. May our spirits and our hearts be open to God this day. Amen.
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