{"id":5284,"date":"2026-02-23T07:11:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=5284"},"modified":"2026-02-23T07:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:11:28","slug":"lent-alphabet-d-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=5284","title":{"rendered":"Lent Alphabet (D)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lent-Alphabet-D.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lent-Alphabet-D-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5285\" srcset=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lent-Alphabet-D-1024x576.png 1024w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lent-Alphabet-D-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lent-Alphabet-D-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lent-Alphabet-D-1536x864.png 1536w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lent-Alphabet-D-1568x882.png 1568w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lent-Alphabet-D.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>DESERT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Lord will always guide you, giving you relief in DESERT places. He will give strength to your bones and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water whose waters never run dry.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lent invites us into the desert and the Exodus experience of the Israelites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hear in Isaiah&#8217;s words the motif of the covenantal bond between God and Israel. While the demands are high and far reaching for Israel, God promises to sustain them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isaiah\u2019s words were originally for a people in Exile. He holds out the hope of their triumphant return to their own land. This will need a change in political fortunes and also a change in their hearts and minds. If they can make this change they are promised strength in their bones and relief from what has been the &#8216;desert&#8217; of their lives in Exile. The promise to Israel that they will be like a spring that never runs dry is such a helpful image for Lent. Lent is as much about our refreshment as our own desert experiences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you hear God\u2019s promise today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Isaiah 58:9-14, Saturday after Ash Wednesday)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DESERT The Lord will always guide you, giving you relief in DESERT places. He will give strength to your bones and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water whose waters never run dry. Lent invites us into the desert and the Exodus experience of the Israelites. I hear in Isaiah&#8217;s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=5284\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lent Alphabet (D)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monastic","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5286,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5284\/revisions\/5286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}