Saturday, February 9, 2013
Mark 9:7 "This is My Son, whom I love. Listen to Him!"
AS YOU ENTER LENT, REMEMBER TO "CLOSE THE DOOR" BEHIND YOU
The story is told of a certain Mr. Brown (back in the day) who was a waiting the arrival of his train at a busy terminal. The clerk at the ticket counter walked over to where he was sitting and informed him that his wife had called with an urgent message, and would he please call her back ASAP. He hurried to a nearby phone booth, dropped a dime in the slot, and heard his wife pick up the other end. Try as he might, though, he couldn' t make out what she was saying because of the clatter and clamor of the bustling train depot. Finally, he did catch one sentence: "John, dear, you need to close the door behind you!" Mr. Brown, you see, had forgotten in his haste to close the door of the phone booth and that's why the noise of the crowded depot was drowning out the distant voice from home.
During the coming weeks, as we step from the busy, noisy world of everyday life into the hush of the Lenten season, let us remember to close the door behind us. Let us close the door to things that would distract us in our prayerful contemplation of the wondrous Lenten theme. There's an important message in the Lenten season from the Savior's heart to ours -- of peace and forgiveness, of courage and strength, of life and hope -- through the wounds and death of our Redeemer. So let us close the door against the busy world and all that would distract us. Let us open our ears and hearts to Him who in love traveled the road from Gethsemane to Golgotha so that we might ascend from earth to heaven.
