Lenten Prayers: Wednesday in the Fifth Week of Lent
Meditations from Isaiah:
- Awake and Sing, You Who Dwell in Dust (Isaiah 26:19)
Lent started with dust,
That stuff of the earth
From which we emerged,
To which we’ll return.
But what happens in
The between times?
What is our relationship
With dust then?
Strangely, we are always
Being made,
Always returning;
God is constantly
Creating
From that stuff of the earth:
From dust.
2. Behold, A New Thing (Isaiah 43:19)
Lengthening of days
means increasing light in the world around.
During this season, a light within us
also dawns as we remove –
one by one –
those things that cast shadows.
Slowly, we open the eyes of our souls,
perhaps shielding against
startling brightness at first,
but then widening
to drink in the wonder
of what is being revealed:
the wonder of a saving God,
who bursts from a tomb,
to bring us a new thing:
life abundant, eternal.
Hearts full of love.
Hearts full of light.
Submitted by Caroline Conkle