Lent 2011
Chaos
I love the start of the Bible in Genesis 1.
“In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters.”
What a picture! Total chaos existed, a wasteland, a mess, and God (a mighty wind, literally, the breath of God) moved over it.
Do you ever feel like your life is totally chaotic and a mess? I sure do!
And yes, that’s me, giving you a small glimpse of the mess in my office. Usually I never let people in, I am so embarrassed about it.
For this Lenten season, I am going to take a few of the verses from the creation account in the first chapter in Genesis, and apply it to living. Specifically, to my living, my mess, my chaos, and I am thinking, it may also apply to the messes you find around yourself.
I am tired of living in a mess, in chaos, and I really need God to move over my mess, over my life, and create something that in the end can be declared, “and God saw what he had made, and it was good.”
I don’t know about you, but I need God in my life desperately, and this Lenten season, I am going to take a little journey to invite God into my personal mess, my personal chaos, and make something good out of it. I invite you to join in that journey, and we can all share our experiences as we go. Link to the Lent blog.
