Remembering and Forgetting
It seems God only remembers us as a beautiful and lovable creation. God forgets all the things about us that we tend to remember about ourselves as faulty or failing in many ways. Do we all focus on our shortcomings and dwell or what seems like failure in our lives? Do we all find it hard to love ourselves? God's love is amazing and eternal.

Joseph and the Dream Coat
The reflection I read this morning about Joseph (of the amazing technicolor dream coat) talked about his ability to live without resentment or vengence. He did not try to get even with his brothers who sold him or the pharaoh who had him imprisoned unjustly. He seemed to do whatever needed to be done to promote the wellbeing of those around him. That is admirable. I hope to emulate that attitude.

A Day of Prayer
Taking a day to pray is a good thing, but I do not have time to put aside my "do list" for the day. So I am going to try to do everything in a prayerful way today. Trying to figure out what that means, though. I will have to concentrate pretty hard on the tasks of the day. Maybe I can just be aware of why I am doing what I am doing. Good question, "why?". Right now I am resolving to do everything for the glory of God. I am going to renew that resolve each time I start a new task today. Ah. Lent. It is calling me to a center.

Lenten Practices
It has been such a long time since I blogged. I have been far too busy. If lent is to be a time of renewal, I think my resolve must be to take more time for reflection and spend less time fretting about what is and what is not finished. I am praying that I can be more reflective and also more patient with persons and things.