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Ponderings of Grace - First Sunday of Lent

 

 

 

                        I will set my rainbow in the clouds to serve

                     as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

Genesis 9: 13

                                                         

                              

 

During the SSJ Associate Retreat this past September, a beautiful rainbow appeared over the water at Saint Mary by-the-Sea. Its magnificence cannot be overstated and many were drawn to its beauty. Throughout the house, folks were beckoning others to come and see. Around the table, the conversation often went back to the experience and how the rainbow served as an amazing reminder that God is with us and loves us beyond measure.

 

I wonder if Jesus had a rainbow experience during his desert time, enabling him to withstand the temptations placed before him. This week, let us ponder how we respond to the inevitable desert moments of our lives.  May we not forget to look to the sky and see the rainbow, the sure sign of the covenant relationship that our God of imagination and color, hope and awe, established with each of us!

 

--Joan Dollinger,
SSJ Associate