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I once got a paper from a seminary student that discussed the importance of "Lint" in the Christian year. His information about "Lent" was correct, as it was a collection of quotes from various sources, but neither he, nor his spell-checker, caught the confusion of homonyms. It was humorous to me, but it was not good for his grade!
Yet, over the years, I have come to see that there is a connection between "lint" and "Lent." According to Wickepedia, the online dictionary, lint may mean: a fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant; fuzzy fluff that accumulates on various fabrics, which can be removed via a lint roller; fibers that become trapped in the lint filter of a clothes dryer; navel lint, an accumulation of fluffy fibers in one's navel; or, pocket lint, an accumulation of fibers found in pockets. All of these definitions have one thing in common: lint is something that needs to be removed.
Lent is the season in the life of the Church when Christians remember the forty days that Christ spent in the wilderness in prayer and fasting in preparation for his ministry. It was, and is, a time when things that are not important, like lint, are removed from our lives. All the little things of life that shouldn't be there, but ARE there because we have not paid attention, are removed so that we can focus on the things of life that truly matter.
Maybe I shouldn't have been so hard on that student years ago. Maybe, just maybe, there are some things in my own life that I need to focus on, besides the lint in my pocket. Maybe we all need to focus on the Lord more, and ourselves less.
Pastor Lee
| Glenmont United Methodist Church
North of Glenmont Metro!
12901 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland 20906 Telephone: (301) 946-5578
Fax: (301) 946-3916
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