Lent Photo Devotion:Day 2
RETURN
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan
and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,
where for forty days he was tempted by the devil.
Luke 4:1-2a
I am not much of a winter person. While others are watching for snowflakes, I scan the ground looking for signs of spring...the great "return" season. Seeing those first fresh stems of green pushing through the cold soil always make me smile. Life is returning to the barren world.
Spring is nature's Easter proclamation. As life returned to Jesus, so every year we see that acted out on the Earth's stage by the return of green, yellow, red, pink...and every other color on earth.
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned...
This is my greatest wish for us in our Lenten journey - that at the end of our 40 days of self-examination, self-denial, and repentance - we also might be full of the Holy Spirit and ready to return to the trials and temptations of this world with renewed strength and vibrant proclamation. Just as the new sprouts of spring can withstand the last of the winter's snow and ice - so we can withstand all that comes our way...if we return, full of the Holy Spirit.
RETURN
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