(For those new to my blog: I often do a thing on Wednesdays where instead of posting a full reflection from me, I post something (or things) that I’ve found helpful without a lot of comment. I call this Wordless Wednesday – it was born out of a season when I was blogging regularly and came to a day when I just felt like I didn’t have any words. I’ve kept it up as I find it’s a great way to balance having fresh content on the blog with my own energy stores. So here we go – the first Wordless Wednesday of the 2025 Lent blogs!)

This felt extremely apropos in the current socio-political climate (Sunday’s sermon included the phrase “Despair is not an option…which is still rattling around in my soul, and which this speaks to):

And this, because sometimes we all need a reminder of what is ours to do and what is not ours to do.