Lent -17 The mystery of growth

for there to be morning

there must be night

for there to be recovery

there must be the slow slide into dis-ease

for there to be forgiveness

the must be a wounding

for the new to come

the old must pass away

for something to be found

it must be lost

for there to be resurrection

there must be death

this is the secret woven into the fabric of the universe

ah, the mystery

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Lucy: "Sometimes I get discouraged."

Charlie Brown: "Well Lucy, life does have it's ups and downs, you

know."

Lucy: "But why? Why should it? Why can't my life be all UPS?

If I want all UPS, why can't I have them?.....Why can't I just

move from one UP to another UP? Why can't I just go

from and UP to an UPPER-UP?......I don't want any Downs!

I Just want Ups and Ups and Ups and Ups!"

                                                                                                Charles Schultz