Lent Reflections Day 40: Tomb

Pastor Tiffany Hollums decided that each day during Lent, she would choose a word to prayerfully reflect upon. A volunteer suggested reading the lectionary texts and then choosing a word that stood out to her from those passages. Tiffany is sharing her Lenten reflections here and hopes to inspire our readers to join in her journey.

Readings:

• Job 14:1-14 or Lamentations 3:1-9, 19-24

• Psalm 31:1-4, 15-16

• 1 Peter 4:1-8

• Matthew 27:57-66 or John 19:38-42

Reflection:

Jesus, help us to be like Joseph of Arimathea, who went to Pilate and asked for your body and buried you in his own tomb. He honored you when others denied, abused, and killed you. No matter what it m