Simply Soul Searching
HOW IS GOD LOVING ME – AND WHERE IS GOD LEADING ME?
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? THE HOLY LONGINGS OF LENT
INTRODUCTION
What you are longing for is longing for you.
~ Ralph Marston
My Reader Friends,
Tomorrow (Saturday) I will be leading a mini retreat here in West Virginia with a group of gracious folks who are gathering for a morning of prayer and reflection. Our retreat will focus on three spiritual longings many of us are carrying during these trying times–our longing for a sense of God’s presence, God’s peace, and God’s purpose for the living of our days. Our reflections will center around the question Jesus asked his first followers, “What are you looking for?” in the passage from John 1.
For this season’s Lenten Reflections (here at Simply Soul Searching), I will be expanding on this retreat and adding a few more of our deepest longings for daily living. Our theme will be “What Are You Looking For?” and we will consider one holy longing each week (with five weekday reflections). I have a few additional longings in mind (along with Presence, Peace, Purpose, I am considering Provision and Perspective so far), but I am curious. Do YOU have any particular holy longings for this Lenten season? What are your hopes as you follow Christ?
I would love to know what word you would use to complete this sentence: “This Lenten season, I long for God’s _________ in/for my daily living.” And it doesn’t have to begin with the letter P! 😉 (There is a comment section below if you would like to answer.)
I hope that you are blessed in the readings, questions, and reflections, as we come to God with the deepest longings of our souls. You are blessings for me!
Thank you!
Karen
(Photo by Karen)
Another note:
I was surprised (and delighted) to see that the Center for Action and Contemplation is hosting an event in March with the same title I used in the recent blog series, What Do I Do with My Anger? It certainly seems to be a question many of us are asking! If you would like to pursue this question further, you may be interested in attending this event. Richard Rohr and Brian McLaren are excellent and insightful speakers. Here is the link:
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May your Lent be meaningful and draw you closer to Christ!
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I hope you had a wonderful, and meaningful, day on Saturday! What a blessing to not only attend but also to lead such a time together. I will look forward to your thoughts here. I know I will be instructed and encouragement – both of which would be very helpful for me just now! It is a difficult season. Not even sure exactly what I am looking for?? Hope you are having a nice Tuesday afternoon, my friend.
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Thank you, dear Jennifer! I was very blessed by the people (27!) who gathered in love to reflect and share. And as always, I am thankful for you–for your encouragement here as well as for your own writing! We had sunshine today; what a difference that makes. Take care!
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