Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday - the beginning of Lent. During Lent many people sacrifice or give up pleasures as preparation for Easter. I have never participated as I never felt convicted to do so. This year is a bit different. Having lived my life in semesters I feel like God's next season will take a perspective of years and seasons rather than short 5 months of crazy. I will discuss in my first post the "hows" and more "whys", but I want to know God more. I need to know my Creator intimately and spending haphazard time with Him doesn't work for a 'sold-out' soul like myself. So I am starting this season of Lent -sacrificing 'me' time and giving it to God. I am going to rediscover Him through rereading various sections and passages of Scripture that have shaped me over the last two decades. I felt compelled to structure this season around scripture by the sermon my pastor, Jackie Johns preached on Sunday. My retelling of his statement is this,
"Go on a road of rediscovery of your first love, the Word. Walk the old trails, point out the familiar landmarks, look at the past through the lens of the present. Read the greatest love letter ever written by Love itself, and see what He has to say to you today."
I hope that through this journey I may bless and challenge you, as I too am challenged and blessed.
Here's to rediscovery of my neglected Love.
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