Lent: Rock of our Salvation.

 The Rock, his work is perfect,

   and all his ways are just.

A faithful God, without deceit,

   just and upright is He. (Deuteronomy 32:4)

 Dear Rachel,

The war is troublesome. Zelensky tries to convince us that Putin’s threat of nuclear weapons is just a bluff. We are not so sure. So we keep our distance and watch and see how the war plays out. It is so tragic.

The Biblical metaphor of God as The Rock is an unfit analogy, but it caused me to think of Zelensky this morning… how he is a rock over against the Powers--that Russia should stumble over such a rock. He, of course, is not The Rock “without deceit, just and upright.” He’s a flawed mortal who, when it counted, stood up against the Powers. It’s a rare sight. Even if he loses, he wins—rock like.

Something like our Lenten Jesus; The Victim of the Powers who becomes “a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” The Rock over which the Powers “fall and break” (Is 8:13 & 1Pt 2:7-10).