"I heard a story once of a husband and wife hopelessly lost in a cave," wrote Barbara Hurd in "The Yale Review." After days had passed and they had given up hope of rescue, they began to confide in each other as they had never done. They revealed extramarital affairs, the disdain each felt for the other's naivete...On and on they went, unwrapping secrets, lifting layers of off their life together.
"Of course, they were rescued. Hauled out of the labyrinth and returned to their kitchen, where they could no longer stand the sight of each other. Knowing more than they could bear, they divorced, went their separate ways."
Let Lent be your time in the cave with God. Tell him all your secrets. When you come out, He won't divorce you. Nothing "will separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:39).
Lord, bless my Lenten time with You. Amen.
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