I would like to talk about Lent just a little bit… Ash Wednesday is coming up, and I got to thinking I’d like to write a little bit about it… And without really any effort to look, I found my answer.
Recently, I read
something that made me quite sad. Someone I know in a peripheral
sense mentioned about becoming increasingly stressed out about ‘what
to give up’ for Lent. Honestly… I reached out to this person
and explained, ‘Hey, no, you’re going about this the wrong way!’
Now, understand,
Reader, I am in no way perfect. I know, it’s a shock, isn’t
it? But I tell you the truth, and this is going to be hard to
understand for some: None of us are. Lent, though, shouldn’t
be at all a stressful time! Preparing for it, during, or even
Easter. It should be, honestly, a time of joy. We are
preparing to meet our Beloved Lord in the desert. It’s a time to
weed out those stumbling blocks that are causing us harm in our
spiritual walks with Him.
