Being Human

During the season of Lent, we practice intentionality. We intentionally give up things or put on a new practice in order to draw closer to Christ. I believe as we deliberately make space and time to become silent and draw closer to God, we are ultimately drawing closer to our own humanity. We learn more and more to rely on the One who created us and sustains us. 

The things we choose to give up or the practices we choose to put on are intended to keep pointing us back to God. Every time we desire that thing we gave up, we are faced with our humanity and the temptations that come with being human and we are met with our need for God’s grace, patience, and love, which God continues to freely give. Or perhaps we put on new practices and as we do them we draw closer to God and we sense more and more God’s presence of love in this big world and with each one of us. 

In this season of Lent, I hope and pray that as you are reminded of your full humanity you will feel God’s presence of love encompassing you, embracing you, loving you and sustaining you throughout this journey.

—Margaret Fleming

About the author

Margaret Fleming has been a member of Second Presbyterian Church since 2017. A native of Mt. Pleasant, she found herself back home after graduating from Columbia Theological Seminary in May 2020. She resides in Mt. Pleasant with her husband Will, a fourth-year medical student at MUSC. She is a candidate for ordination in the PCUSA and is currently serving as a Chaplain Resident at Roper Hospital.

“Meeting people at their point of need and inviting all into a dynamic relationship with Christ.”