2022 - March - Beacon

A Message from Chaplain Mark Javery

Our membership seems to be doing well as since the last beacon was published, I am not aware of any additional NCYC family members who have been hospitalized, are sick, or in distress. As we observe Lent may it truly be a purposeful 40-day period of sacrifice, prayer, confession, and spiritual discipline leading up to our Easter Sunday celebration. While I ask God how I should observe the Lenten season, I try to remember where I was spiritually during Lent the previous year and reflect on what has changed and what has stayed the same. As I hear and read the familiar stories about Jesus as he approached the cross, I am reminded that while my circumstances may change the truths of the gospel will always remain the same. I love the words of Chuck Colson who described Lent as follows: “Lent affords us the opportunity to search the depths of our sin and experience the heights of God’s love.” As spring officially arrives this month and with it warming weather and nature returning to life it is a great reminder that as Christians we are given a new life and new mercies daily. Spring provides a wonderful reminder to us that we should be living a full life and leaving the old dead