This Lent: 40 Days 40 Verses
Each day through Lent, you’ll get a hope-filled Scripture verse and a brief message of encouragement to help you more fully live your Lenten striving.
Each day through Lent, you’ll get a hope-filled Scripture verse and a brief message of encouragement to help you more fully live your Lenten striving.
It’s always a good idea to count your blessings; it’s an even better idea to count them now in the midst of hardship and uncertainty. It will lighten the burden of COVID-19 and change your perspective.
Jesus rose from the dead. He conquered death and sin and in fact, he has conquered the world. The battle already has been won. No COVID-19 pandemic, no canceling of church services and sacraments, can put our Lord back into the grave and keep him there.
Whenever the Easter Season rolls around, it gets me wondering how I would have reacted if I’d been the one to discover the empty Tomb instead of Mary Magdalen.
Even if you can’t be there physically, you can observe the services spiritually. Granted, it’s not the same. But, it’s better than missing out entirely. Here’s how.