As Lent continues apace and spring continues to surface, rejoice.  Rejoice in the wondrous blend of privation and plenty through which God shapes us, his creation, rejoice in those remarkable twists of unfathomability and clarity that come from believing in the splendor of an intelligence more vast than the widest sea.
     Rejoice in the inevitability and mystery of being human, rejoice in remembering God's picture of its perfection, for us, in us, in Jesus, God's son.  It's a marvelous world.