Lenten Meditations from Our Parish Family
Beginning on Ash Wednesday, we invite you to journey through Lent with daily meditations written by St. John’s parishioners. These reflections offer honest, thoughtful voices from within our community—meeting us right where we are in this season of prayer, repentance, and hope. Meditations will be shared by email, posted on Facebook, and available as printed weekly copies at the church. Be on the lookout, and let these shared words accompany you as we walk the Lenten road together.
Holy Saturday
April 4, 2026
Rom 8:31-39
In this passage, the Apostle Paul reminds us that God is, indeed, God. It seems strange that we would need such a reminder. After all, God created the Universe and, through his son Jesus Christ, offers us salvation. Yet in the minutia of our daily lives, this truth often falls by the wayside. As we struggle with paperwork at the doctor’s office, planning dinner with friends, filing income taxes, attending meetings at work that should have been emails, and more, God seems very far away. No doubt the creator of the Universe has more important fish to fry. Yet the God who created supernovas and black holes is also responsible for Publix and the Auburn Credit Union. It is precisely because he is so immense that God can be with us in our daily lives.
We may not fully understand his purpose—indeed, it is safe to say that we cannot fully comprehend God and all his doings—but he is always there, working for us. In the small accomplishments and frustrations of our lives, we would to well to remember, as Paul writes, “If God is for us, then who is against us?”
Wyatt Wells
