03.18.2026 | Wednesday in Lent

Pretty in Pink
 
The hyacinths have survived the brutal chill of the past few days and now add a welcome splash of color and joy to the parterre garden. They are certainly pretty in pink. It’s amazing how much color shapes us. Our emotions, our energy, even our spirituality shift in its presence.
 
Pink, especially, evokes warmth and comfort. It carries messages of love, compassion, and healing, a gentle companion on the journey.
 
In the spiritual tapestry, pink reminds us of unconditional love, deep compassion, tender vulnerability, and emotional restoration. It symbolizes healing and balance. It invites openness, softness, and the release of what weighs us down. Standing among the flowers, I feel that invitation again. The journey continues. Life moves forward. And perhaps it is time to set down some of the burdens I have carried too long. It is time to forgive.
 
“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”
Ephesians 4:32 
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Forgiveness has a quiet but profound power to reshape our spiritual path. When we choose it, we create space for healing and renewal.
 
Letting go of past hurt lightens the heart and reconnects us to ourselves, to others, and to the Holy. Imagine releasing the weight of anger and letting the gentle energy of pink surround you like a soft shawl of grace.
 
When I finally choose forgiveness, it becomes an act of restoring my own peace. Forgiveness is my gift to myself, a way to return to balance, to remember that we belong to one another, and to allow the Spirit to move freely within us.
 
I am allowing the light of pink to guide my steps today, reminding me that healing is possible, forgiveness is within reach, and grace is already blooming at my feet.