I love waterfalls.
Whether they are just a few feet high, or towering rushes of water dropping hundreds of feet, their beauty and power have always caught my eye and captivated my imagination.
I’ve only stood under a waterfall once and it was exhilarating – and a painful. Exhilarating because, you know, I was standing under a waterfall! And painful because the water was falling from several feet above my head and the force of it hurt as it hit my skin.
So what are you giving up for Lent?
I wonder how many of us have heard that question asked. Or perhaps when we saw “Ash Wednesday” on our calendars, thought to ourselves, what am I going to give up?
Yet how many of us stop to think about the “why” of Lenten sacrifice?
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
—Melody Beattie
It really shouldn’t take an earthquake – or a hurricane – for us to stop and take stock of what really matters.
But it seems in our go-go-go microwave society it literally does take an act of God to shove us out of the blur of everyday obligations and make us pause long enough to look around – really look around – and figure out what matters to us.
The question is – did we heed the lesson. And if we did, will it last past Monday?
Every day I look forward to my emails from Heart to Heart with Holley. Today’s reflection summed up what I am grateful for – especially today.
There’s grace enough for this girl – please click on the link to read the whole thing. You’ll be blessed by it I’m sure.