Gifts of the Dark Wood: The Gift of Emptiness – Feb 25, 2018

“Whoever tries to preserve their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life will preserve it.” (Luke 17:33 CEB)

Our journey through the Dark Wood invites us to the gift of emptiness. Many of us sometime feel empty inside and we fear that there is nothing there of worth. But what if we let go of our obsession with worthiness and released into the idea that if we want to be filled–to find God–getting empty is the best way. God will find us! In our journey this Lent toward the Cross, we know even Jesus felt empty despair… and it was at this moment that God’s possibility of life beyond that pain was revealed.