It’s been another day to reflect and notice God.

He was there in the gentle wake up and ‘I love you’ from my youngest this morning as he got worried that if I did not get up soon that there would be no pancake left for me.

God was there is a long telephone conversation from someone that cared enough to ask and check how things are.

Over lunchtime I met with Jim, the curate at St Marks in Gillingham as we embark on the development and delivery of a 5 week ‘course’ based around contemporary film which will help new and fringe people in the church think through what they believe. I think God was there in the humour and the creativity that we surprised ourselves with.

In the world I see God today in the miracle of Ellen MacArthur, and even more so in the handshake between Mahmoud Abbas and Ariel Sharon.

God is working clearly and evidently on both a micro and a macro scale. We are entering a time of Lent. A time of ‘self denial’ which I have never really observed before. I think this Lent is probably not going to be any different this year in that respect.

I am going to observe Lent. My Lent is going to be a time of indulgence. A time of excitement as I look towards Easter and what that means to me. A time when I indulge in more of God, look for more of God, and aim to share more of God. Actually, that makes me laugh as I’m guessing to do those things will mean I will have to do less of things … so am I just in self denial about self denial?