The i Cloud of Witnesses
by
Jan Kwiatkowski
Several seasons ago, I referred to the people gathered in
Facebook groups as the great iCloud of witnesses. Across cities, states,
nations, and continents, we came together and experienced a taste of spiritual
connection with people we’d never get to meet in any other way. We also have
the opportunity in these circles to get a glimpse of the timeless connection we
have with the great cloud of witnesses to whom St. Paul refers.
While it often seems, especially during the times in
which we currently live, that connection can be tenuous, distant, and
fractured, we have been reminded these last forty days that our connection is
deep, strong, and it cannot be broken. Tomorrow, we transition from Lent into
the three holy days that lead to Easter. Our time together will soon come to an
official end and even though we won’t be together in this same way, we will
continue to know the blessing and depth of the authentic connection we have
shared on our journey through Lent.
Wherever this Lenten journey has taken us, or will take
us, we have the assurance that we are not alone and we never will be alone. The
iCloud of witnesses in this time and place is connected to the timeless great
cloud of witnesses and nothing can sever that tie. The love of Jesus, who will
die and who will rise, binds us always and forever.
Making
It Personal:
Do you have a sense of how your journey has been shaped
by those with whom you have shared this Lent?
How do you
experience spiritual connection in your daily life?
How might you sustain or nurture that moving forward?
What’s it like to think of yourself as part of the great
cloud of witnesses?
Living
Well Through Lent 2021
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