For this year’s Lenten Guide, each member of the Council staff chose a verse from a favorite hymn to write about. We will post their reflections throughout Lent, for Ash Wednesday, each Sunday and throughout Holy Week.
Guide my feet while I run this race,
for I don’t want to run this race in vain!
I’m your child while I run this race,
for I don’t want to run this race in vain!
“Guide My Feet” ~ The Faith We Sing #2208
In this contemplative season of asceticism, we pursue Lent with reverence. We look for the Spirit’s guidance, to share an ounce of the enlightenment gained by Jesus during his 40 days in the wilderness. We enter our own various wildernesses to disconnect and reset.
The wilderness of Lent eliminates distractions by turning down the noise, beckoning us to pause and consider the makings of the Kingdom that we overlook. Lent is the time to trade unnecessary matters with vital, holy concerns. It seems paradoxical — to eliminate with only the hope to gain more. By letting go and making space inwardly, we invite the Spirit to take up space in our hearts and minds.
We need God to detangle us from self-preservation. We need God to sustain us so that we can join the works of the Spirit. Keep us, God. Steer us toward your work of a peaceful and just world so that we are not living in vain. Sustain us, God, so that our work is not in vain. Help us keep our focus on you, Christ, so that we have purpose with each step.
We pray that God will guide our feet and keep us in God’s mercies; that God will help us practice daily resurrection and be with us in this race.
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