Lenten Blog

Author: marblewomen

  • CHALLENGING TIMES? INDEED!

    We are encouraged and strengthened by Bible verses that help us go through challenging times – times such as the present – that test every part of our character. During times such as what we are experiencing presently, it is important that we engage our mind and our heart with these good Bible verses to aid…

  • Some words to live by…

  • Wings

    “Your wings already exist, all you need to do is fly.”   Unknown I saw this quote recently and it really stayed with me.  During this Lenten season know that God has already given you wings.  Will our faith be strong enough by Easter so we can rise and fly? Bonny Chopey  

  • A Lenten Word

    Some say we must be tested for COVID 19 yes, but let us say also we are being tested by COVID 19 of what mettle we are, how brittle a kettle cooked chip an iron link binding us together while keeping distance do we know no, we do not yet know but moment by moment…

  • Hope in Uncertain Times…

    As I listened to the Dr. Bos sermon this Sunday from my living room couch, I thought how befitting the theme was during this trying time: “Hope in Uncertain Times”.  He quoted Isaiah 41:10: “Fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will…

  • March?

    Winter wanes into Spring. Cold. Slate to granite to Italian marble slide on feathered wings The burden an oxen would struggle to bear. Winter wanes into Spring. Cold. Spirals to about face to thrusts buffet in swirls of caress The force Thor would struggle to resist. Winter wanes into Spring. Cold. Slithers to worms to…

  • Drifting

    Like a seed imbedded in feathery wisps Carried on a gentle breeze. Drifting Like a torn shred of sea grass Floating on the surface as the Gulf rocks and rolls. Drifting Like a spinning pinwheel released from the tree top Carried by its own delicate balance despite the stillness. Drifting Where to alight is up…

  • An Ash Wednesday to Remember

    I was feeling tired on Ash Wednesday and  decided to get ashes in my Chelsea neighborhood instead of going to my church Marble.  I had lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant and when I went to the cashier to pay I didn’t have my wallet. I’m sure you know that sinking feeling of embarrassment that takes hold as…

  • “May today there be peace within.”

    On most days, that would not be an accurate description of me. Instead, this would be more apt – “May today there be striving, doing, worrying about not doing enough and scolding myself for not doing x, y or z quickly enough or well enough.” I’m very tired of living that way and St. Therese…

  • A Reflection: “What is Lent For?”

    If in suffering you can no longer give thanks for God’s goodness and have no taste for paradox, from where comes succor if nothing’s real but whirl of pain and echo, “Why am I forsaken?”   Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani  . . . . What is the meaning of our brother’s ending cry of sorrow?…