(Photo from my hike on Gyejoksan Trail (계족산 황톳길) a few days ago)
Lent always sneaks up on me. I knew it was coming up soon and so I looked it up the other day and saw to my surprise that it had already started. With a sinking heart, I started berating myself that I’m such a bad Christian, that I can’t even keep up with one of the more important Christian seasons, followed quickly by the thought that, “Well, it’s too late to do anything now, so why bother?”
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Malaysia’s active COVID cases have increased dramatically over the last week or so and, to no one’s great surprise, schools were forced to close again. Though we’re in a milder lockdown (teachers at least can still work from school and we can go on walks and whatnot), there’s a general sense of disappointment and discouragement going around.
I have both heard and been guilty of having two responses to these struggles, neither of which have been terribly helpful. So, since I am not without sin, I cannot cast the first stone and that’s not what I’m here to do anyway. Instead, I hope to work through these responses and try to find some common, middle ground between the points of view and hopefully provide a small means of encouragement.
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