Bridge

Noun
A structure carrying a pathway or roadway over a depression or obstacle
Such as a river

A time or place or means of connection or transition
a. Building a bridge between two cultures
b. The bridge from war to peace

Something resembling a bridge in form or function.

a. The upper bony part of a nose
b. Nautical; the forward part of a ship’s superstructure; from which the ship is navigated
c. Music, a passage linking two sections of a composition
d. Dentistry, a partial denture anchored to adjacent teeth.

Verb
B. ridged, bridging
To make a bridge over or across
Bridge the division between two groups
Bridge the generation gap
(Definitions from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

The bridge of “Lent,” is a time or place or means or connection or transition to Easter.  Lent is better known as a time or season in the church’s year.  The seasons in the church year give us time and space to pause, to think, to reflect, and prayer upon.  The word bridge is also used in the scouting life, such as in “Bridge to Juniors; when a Girl Scout transitions from Brownies status to that of Junior Girl Scout status.  Bridges help us to move on through transitions so that we do not get stuck in a certain place of “forever.”  It also helps to think of the final stage in our own lives, death, as a transition of going on to what’s next in our lives

Colossians 1; 15-20 (the Message paraphrase)
Christ Holds It All Together "We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God’s original purpose in everything created. For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels—everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment. And when it comes to the church, he organizes and holds it together, like a head does a body. He was supreme in the beginning and—leading the resurrection parade—he is supreme in the end. From beginning to end he’s there, towering far above everything, everyone. So spacious is he, so expansive, that everything of God finds its proper place in him without crowding. Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe—people and things, animals and atoms—get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the cross.”

Wisdom Road
Poetry by Marci McGowan
On Wisdom Road
You will find
The backwards route to your life
A different Way
A non-traditional and a non-conventional
lifeway path.

Yours won’t be the System.
Or the dinosaurs.
Or the Old Ways.
You were never meant to be
For that and these
Or those.
And your original
And new way keeps calling
All is well and ok in life.
All is well and ok in life.

If you should find and just take
The cruciferous
Route on
Wisdom Road
On the Wisdom Road
From nowhere to somewhere
You will end up be pleasantly
Surprised at the Universe’s offerings.

Just as Christ is the bridge from God to Man, Easter is the transformative bridge from a season of darkness, that of Lent, to a glorious season of Light, that of Easter!

May you allow the Light of Christ to come into your life to help you walk your life’s bridge.

I am currently figuratively speaking, walking on a bridge of my own. On Friday, April 1, 2022, I had some major dental surgery. I have gotten through the first part; and will need to continue to work with my dentist for the other parts. I have been on my bridge for several months.  There is light at the end of the tunnel or bridge finally coming!  I remain hopeful for my future.  If you are lucky your family will come along and walk your bridge with you.  I am grateful to my family for continuing to be part of my life.

It is Jerimiah who says “For I know the plans for you to prosper, and to have a future.”  Also in Jerimiah 29, It says, :You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with All of your heart.  Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday, as it is known in some parts of the world; is also a bridge between Lent and the fullness of Easter.  It is a Tennebaum service, service of darkness, in preparation for the Light of Easter.  If you have a chance to go to a Holy Thursday Service, it would be worth your while to go. If you do not feel comfortable going to a physical church service; then perhaps you can check one out on the Zoom app.  After an experience with the darkness, Easter is all about the brightest Light in our lives!

Are you seeking Christ with All of your heart? May you come to know the Master today.

Happy Easter!
God bless,
Marci

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