The Needed Spaces of Holy Week

I am grateful this morning for a lighter list as I head into the week.  I purposely deferred all the non-urgent things to 'after Easter' so as to leave space to more slowly be in the moments of all we Christians will observe over the next several days.  It's ironic how easily we can become so pressed to the edges of ourselves at times when what our souls really need is time and space to receive what the Spirit is offering in the rituals.

Or maybe that's just me.  Maybe it's an occupational hazard around certain holidays.

Yesterday, in our morning worship, we sang the words from Hillsong's "So Will I."

God of creation

You chased down my heart

Through all of my failure and pride

On a hill You created

The Light of the World

Abandoned in darkness to die

And as You speak

A hundred billion failures disappear

Where You lost your life so I could find it here...

And I find I can't sing it all the way through, ambushed as I am once again by the fierce grace of it.

A badly needed reminder.

And so I find myself stepping carefully into this particular Monday.  

It's a sober thing we contemplate.

Whatever the week has in store for you, 

I pray you will be able to find the space 

to be reminded again of how truly valuable you are.