Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10
“See,
now is the acceptable time; see, now is the day of salvation.” (2 Cor. 6:2b)
Procrastination takes a toll on our spirits and on our
bodies. All the “should do" ‘s, all the “wish I could” ‘s pile up inside
us like a cluttered room, hemming us in, hampering our movement, sapping our
will. In the Chinese system of healing, procrastination actually causes
illness, by barricading the free flow of energy to the organs. Now, Paul writes. Now. “Now is the
acceptable time.” Now is the time for
repentance. Now is the time for
forgiveness. Now is the time for
transformation. Now is the time for
newness. Lent offers us an opportunity to stop procrastinating, both as
individuals and as a community. Lent’s forty days bid us step onto the path to
newness in Christ, reading scripture – now, connecting to God through prayer –
now, doing acts of love – now. Now is the acceptable time.
Teach us,
O God, in the way you would have us go. Amen
- Start a Lenten journal;
write even just a sentence, a thought, or a paragraph each day.
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