Lessons for Lent through my own story of loss

Through her own story of loss and that of Mary and Martha in John chapter 11, author Pamela Havey Lau encourages us to truly believe that our Lord feels our pain deeply and waits faithfully for us, and with us

If there is one central factor common to all walks of faith it is that of ‘waiting’. The psalmist speaks of waiting for God (Psalm 37) as do the writers of Isaiah (30:18) and Lamentations (3:24), giving us hope, courage and expectation in our own waiting. In our world, where anxiety has become a dominant emotion no matter our faith practices, followers of Jesus proclaim the kingdom of God is here now and Jesus is making all things new. How can something we know is true calm our anxious hearts just a few short years following a global pandemic? We wonder what God is doing and, if we’re really honest, what he’s waiting for.