Are we there yet?

When I first started my lenten discipline of daily blogging, I was amazed at how much there was to flow out of me and how I felt constrained by the number of words I should use in a blog post. But now, itching closer to Easter and wrapping up Lent, I'm surprised by how little I have to say, and how distracted I am by so many things.

There is a LOT going on in my life right now - and the negative seems to overpower the positive for the time being. It's frustrating!

Today, at lunch time, I took the dogs for a long walk thru the woods near my house. The sun was streaming in thru the trees, the dogs were quiet and smiling...we could hear the creek babbling at the bottom of the hill. What a nice moment!

At that moment, I realized how easy it is to overlook these miniature Easter moments - these gifts of renewal and resurrection amidst a daily Lent.

Tonight I am reminded of these words from Exodus regarding the Passover Feast - right there, resurrection; celebration. And I am thankful for these moments - today:

Exodus 12:14

¹⁴ "This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD - a lasting ordinance.... ¹⁷ Celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread, because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come."