Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote, “I have found in the Bible words for my inmost thought, songs for my joy, utterance for my hidden griefs, and pleadings for my shame and feebleness.” That statement, in many ways, summarizes the journey of the Lenten season. The forty days, excluding Sundays, leading up to Easter is to be a time in preparation for the joy of the resurrection. However, before getting to Resurrection Sunday, we focus on the sufferings and cross of Christ.
The way we observe the Lenten season is by being more intentional in our spiritual practices—public and private worship, private and group study of the scriptures (particularly of the Gospels of our Lord), prayer (especially confession), meditation, journaling, and fasting or abstaining from certain foods or unhealthy practices. The Bible does provide words for our inmost thoughts as we meditate and journal upon the wisdom given. The Bible gives us utterance for our hidden griefs and pleadings for our shame and feebleness as we confess how we have fallen short of the glory of God. Finally, we are able to join in songs of joy with the Body of Christ as we consider all that God has done for us through Christ’s life, death and resurrection.
The way we observe the Lenten season is by being more intentional in our spiritual practices—public and private worship, private and group study of the scriptures (particularly of the Gospels of our Lord), prayer (especially confession), meditation, journaling, and fasting or abstaining from certain foods or unhealthy practices. The Bible does provide words for our inmost thoughts as we meditate and journal upon the wisdom given. The Bible gives us utterance for our hidden griefs and pleadings for our shame and feebleness as we confess how we have fallen short of the glory of God. Finally, we are able to join in songs of joy with the Body of Christ as we consider all that God has done for us through Christ’s life, death and resurrection.
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