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Things I have Been Pondering this Lent

 I haven’t written any “reflections” in a while because I like to give them time, consideration and prayer before I put my thoughts out there. But for today I am going to do sort of a quick snippets type of post on some different things I have been pondering and reflecting on throughout Lent; much like the bloggers who do “7 Quick Takes”, I suppose. Here are my 4 quick (or not so quick!) reflections!  Blessings, Jen

The Wheel of the World and the Silence of His Heart

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"Jesus entered a village  where a woman whose name  was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at His  feet listening to him speak.  Martha, burdened with much serving, came to Him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me  by myself to do the serving?  Tell her to help me.”  The Lord said to her in reply, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and  worried about many things.  There is need of only one thing.  Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.” ~ Sometimes it seems as if we're on a never-ending cycle, a carousel.  We don't want to be hurled off of it; it's moving too quickly, if we fall, we'll be crushed.  Each week, it's as if the carousel begins anew; it starts slowly.  All too soon, it's whirling around in a vicious, downward spiral.  No matter how hard I try to organize my life, to center it around Our Lord and mode