Dear Friends,
The year hardly seems to have started, but in February, we begin the Season of Lent, as we prepare ourselves to walk once more the way of the Cross and for the events of Jesus’ passion, death and resurrection. Traditionally, it is a time for fasting and for repentance.
During Lent, we also have an opportunity to reflect on the lives we lead, by taking a good spiritual look at ourselves and if necessary to clean out those things which get in the way of our corporate and personal relationship with Jesus. We might also want to spend time thinking about the way we serve him and how our faith impacts on those around us.
The season also symbolises the time when Jesus was tempted for forty days and forty nights in the Judean Wilderness by the Devil, before he began his public ministry.
Part of my own Lenten observance is to think about the meaning of the cross and on the pain and suffering. Jesus went through. In recent times this has involved me watching the film” Jesus of Nazareth” starring Robert Powell and in particular the film’s portrayal of what Jesus went through during the last week of his life in order to bring about our undeserved redemption and salvation.
As I prepare to reflect on the meaning of the cross once more in the coming weeks and to walk with Jesus to Calvary, may none of us this Lent, lose sight of the fact that it was on the Cross that he revealed his great love for us, a love that not even our own death can ever separate us from.
God bless,
Andrew
