Lenten Sunday 1: Keep your gears greased

Last Wednesday there was also a station with a little bowl of oil and these thoughts for reflection...
"I remember my affliction and my wandering,
    the bitterness and the gall.
   I well remember them,
    and my soul is downcast within me.
   Yet this I call to mind
    and therefore I have hope:

   Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
    for his compassions never fail.
   They are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness." (Lam. 3:19-23)

Reflect on the squeaky, stiff parts of your life - places where you're stuck, places that give cause of continual complaint. Consider how God's love may lubricate them, renewing them, making them usable in a way they haven't been before.

This room reminded me a little of what we discussed from the other two stations - Where and how can God work in us so that He can better use us for His Kingdom? What pieces of ourselves have we hidden or buried (or in this case, forgotten and allowed to stiffen)? And what would it look like if He rained down His anointing oil over us? If we basked in the "greasiness" of His grace? What an interesting concept...