Jeremiah 31:31-34 – The 5th Sunday of Lent – for Sunday, March 22, 2015
“For I will forgive their wrongdoing and never again remember their sins . . .†(Jeremiah 31:34)
“For I will forgive their wrongdoing and never again remember their sins . . .â€
Two questions stalk me in the early mornings before any first word of a new lectionary-inspired musing is typed. These questions are simple and unsettling:
Can you say anything new?
Will you be honest?
Since that honesty question has been admitted, I’d better be honest. Usually, there is an “I†in those two queries rather than a “you.†Can I say anything new? Will I be honest? It is merely me questioning myself. It is no more than an odd, banal moment of a writer’ and believer’s self-awareness when seeking to start and finish a faithful sentence. And yet there are enough mornings when an unexpected you—not I—anchors the phrase. Dare I call that unbidden you another voice; perhaps a divine nudge, a Holy whisper with a Holy urgency? Is it a challenge to be, well, fully me? Continue reading →