Friday in the First Week of Lent

I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument while the song I came to sing remains unsung. — Rabindranath Tagore

Sound familiar? Ring a bell? The quote reminds us that we get so tied up in the mundane we forget the important. I make a list, and then I do the easy things first putting off the hardest for another day. Or even worse, I spend all day making the list, so I don’t have time to accomplish anything. What if Santa Claus really did make a list and check it twice? No toys would be built or delivered.

During Lent we focus so much on what we are giving up or sacrificing, we forget to pray and meditate. We also fail to use these fourty days to truly prepare for Holy Week. This Lenten season we have so many opportunities to “sing.” In these difficult times there are so many opportunities to help others. We can use Lent as a time to replace chocolate or wine with a helping hand or an extension of friendship.

Our quotation today also reminds me of myself. I sing so off-key; I often don’t sing. I fail to take a positive step out of self-imposed thoughts that my actions will be unwanted. ( I think I have to be properly strung; to make music.) When in reality I need to give voice to my song not worried about how it will be heard or received.

This Lenten season I pray that I can after 40 days sing without hesitation and with a booming voice — “Welcome Happy Morning.”

What song did you come to sing?

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About the author

Webb Hubbell is the former Associate Attorney General of The United States. His novels, When Men Betray, Ginger Snaps, A Game of Inches, The Eighteenth Green, and The East End are published by Beaufort Books and are available online or at your local bookstore. When Men Betray won one of the IndieFab awards for best novel in 2014. Ginger Snaps and The Eighteenth Green won the IPPY Awards Gold Medal for best suspense/thriller. His latest, “Light of Day” will be on the bookstands soon.