Longing for the light

Don’t you long for the summer and for warmth and long days? I have had so many conversations with different people about this recently. The signs of spring, snowdrops and daffodils, aren’t just beautiful in themselves but because they are a sign of things to come.

And even if you don’t much like the winter, I think we appreciate the summer all the more for having had the long dark nights and the cold. Lent is a bit like this. I love Easter and the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection, not to mention Easter eggs and spring lambs, but I appreciate it all the more for having had a period of (relative) self denial during Lent and for having deliberately put time aside to think about faith and what it means. Whether you do this through joining the Lent study group, giving up chocolate, meat or alcohol, missing a meal on occasions, putting more time aside for personal prayer or in other ways, God blesses our desire to come close to him.