The din of frogs

The frogs are awake and it’s like they are telling us it’s time for us to wake up too. It doesn’t really matter whether it’s in the day or the night because you can’t see them anyway, but in the quiet of the night the song of the frogs is overwhelming. They are awake now after hibernating for the winter and as they once again herald the Spring, their deep hum speaks to us. In the wintertime we can find ourselves hibernating too just like the frogs. We may not be asleep, but we burry ourselves in work or school or whatever else and we sometimes feel stuck as if life itself is waiting for the next season to come. Lent can be a great waking up time. As we look in and deep we are also meant to become more aware of the life around us. There is a difference between being self-absorbed and being self reflective and aware and Lent is about that deep awareness. Maybe we aren’t always ready to just wake up, but in Lent we will discover what we need so that we can. As the frogs wake and lift in unison their song, a cacophony arises that calls us out of whatever funk we may be in. It’s time to wake up. May we all become more aware in not just the physical sense, but in all the ways in which we experience the divine. It's time to come out of our hibernation.