Saturday after Ash Wednesday

as far as the East is from West, so far he removes our Transgressions from us. Psalms 103:12

Lent starts to feel overwhelming. So much work to do, so much damage to fix until we realize we don’t have to do it all at once. This first Saturday we take comfort in knowing that in committing to a Lenten discipline we have already done the main thing. ( It is also not too late to start.). “ How far is it from East to West.” The wise rabbi asks. His students guess wildly, then he smiles and says, “ It is only one step to turn from East to West.”

Likewise we need but a slight mental turning-about to be far removed from the negative behavior we distance ourselves from during Lent, east to west.Just because our Lenten tasks seem daunting it does not mean we can avoid them. Easy does it … but do it. Simply focus your prayer and heart.

WebbP.S.

Yesterday’s meditation prompted several comments like Luis’s who believed the RC Priest had “coped out.” So we will revisit soon. W.

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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.