Solid Ground?

"So if you think you are standing, watch out that you do not fall." ~ 1 Corinthians 10:12

Lent continues as does the mercy of God. We are called to be faithful to the journey through this world, which offers many temptations. We might think we are standing on solid ground when it may be shifting sands. Keeping our eyes on Jesus is key to knowing that the foundation is strong.

In today's First Reading from Exodus, Moses meets the angel of the Lord in a flame and the Lord calls him by name from the burning bush and warns him to come no closer. Moses was standing on holy ground. That is the type of ground we all wish to experience--the one where we meet God face to face and learn that God has been watching our every move and knows our sufferings and now wishes to transform them.

In the Corinthians reading we learn that God was not pleased with most of the people and struck them down. This God is a foreign entity to me personally as I do not experience God as nasty but as a loving Creator. The Gospel shows that gentle, merciful side of God, who decides to give the fig tree another year to bear fruit. Ah, the patience of God is unparalleled, even when undeserved my most of us.

On what kind of ground are you standing at this point in Lent?

Peace,

Suzanne