Ah-choo!

This has been one of the worst cold seasons I can recall enduring.  To usher in Lent, the viral head cold he fought earlier this year returned with a vengeance.  It is, to say the least, an unwelcome visitor.  Still, it has its uses.  For example, it reminded me of sin.  Sin is one of those things in our lives that just keeps on coming back.  We think we may have licked it, but we haven't.  As Christians, we take comfort in the knowledge that Jesus came to deal with this problem once and for all.  But that doesn't mean we're let off the hook. We'll still do things we shouldn't do and we'll still not do those things we should do as surely as the sun will rise in the East tomorrow.  During Lent, we have an opportunity to engage in some preventive spiritual health care.  We can be aware of where we trip up, we can direct our energy into activities that will strengthen our faith and help us draw nearer to God.  And we can confess that we will get sick.  We will sin.  And give thanks that God cares enough to cure us.