These are one-minute Lenten meditations.
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be
tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty
nights, he was hungry.
Tolkien once said that “Shortcuts make for long delays.” Shortcuts are usually seen as a way of avoiding areas/places we don’t wish to encounter. Perhaps it is easier to choose the easy route; the road which demands less commitment or less repentance. It’s quite true that when we go on a journey, we need to know where we are going. Lent provides a long and winding road which continues in these next thirty-eight days and our destination is Easter. The road to the empty grave is a difficult road, but the only true road to glory. We can’t take shortcuts on this journey. We must walk through the desert places and step on serpent’s heads and take naps surrounded by wild animals. On this Lenten Season, we give thanks that our Lord Jesus did not take shortcuts on his journey to Calvary. Lent is a concentrated time to boast on the cross (Gal. 6:14) and to reorient our spiritual direction.
