03.25.2026 | Wednesday in Lent

​On the Verge… Almost There!
 
We are on the verge of full-on Spring. Yes, the calendar says it’s already here, but someone forgot to tell the weather folks. We’ve had a taste of summer, only to tumble sixty degrees in a matter of hours and land right back in Winter. It seems like I am forever living on the verge.
 
I often feel like someone who is always almost moving forward. I reach that point where I’m ready to release outdated ideas and long-held beliefs, and then the old ways return. They’re familiar, even when they no longer lead me where I want to go. My heart knows it’s time to let go of what no longer serves, yet my brain clings to the comfort of the known. Why change when my little world feels safe? Maybe the world should change instead. Yes, that’s it.
 
I know I am made in the image of my Creator. I believe that deeply. And yet, there are times when I catch myself creating a Creator in my own image, one who thinks like I do and fits neatly into my comfort zone. I know that is wrong-headed, but dismantling old patterns is hard work.
 
 So here I am, in a season of reflection and release. I’m trying to stay open to shifts in behavior, thought, and habit, especially the ones shaped by that angry old man inside. It is time to welcome new opportunities and insights, to seek deeper relationships, and to renew my communion with the One who made me.
 
Scripture reminds me that this work is holy work. Isaiah offers the invitation: “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing.” And Paul echoes that promise in his letter to the Corinthians: “If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come. The old has gone, the new is here.” These words feel like a gentle nudge forward, a reminder that God is already at work in the places where I hesitate.
 
I’m on the verge again. It is time to step out of this comfortable cocoon and let go. To release the control freak in me and be willing to experience it all: Love, Joy, Peace, Hope, and Faith. I’m on the verge. I simply need to take one more step.
 
Prayers welcome.