We need only look at ourselves. I have more lines and gray hair than I did five years ago, but I weigh less. I’d like to believe that though my soul is more lined and grayed with use, it is also lighter than it was five years ago from having been made new every day.
Today’s quote comes from an anonymous source and found in Forward Day by Day. It strikes true to me. When I go to the barber shop I notice how gray my hair has turned. Scientists write about how the cells of our body keep dying and at the same time are being built. Now as Easter approaches here in DC cherry blossoms are coming out, spring flowers are starting to peek, and azaleas are starting to bud. Mother nature is starting to work her magic.
The same holds true for ourselves. This Lenten season with fasting, prayer, and meditation we fill renewed. We are spiritually restored. Our souls are lighter, and our hearts are once again open to love and wonderment. In the Book of Common Prayer we acknowledge “all things are being brought to their perfection.” Although our hair may be a little grayer or thinner, and we may not weigh less; we have again been made anew. God’s creation is not a one time occurrence it happens every day, and so it is with us as well.
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