Lent Day 14.
As I wind down a week of focus on fasting as a part of the #lentenjourney…I ran across another blog through the wonderful world of web-surfing. It was another invitation to join a Journey Through Lent. The author’s words were practical, succinct, and better phrased than mine have been. Here is one take away from her writings:
I meditated on this some little bit.
There’s truth to that statement.
It still indicates that there is a fast… This is still true.
Yet, that fast is to make room in my heart for something more.
That “something more” for me has become:
** A restoration of my “first love” to His rightful place in my heart
** A revelation of my true spiritual condition
** A richer, deeper prayer life
** A revival of the Word of God within me for the purpose of spiritual transformation
** A re-set of some spiritual disciplines, which always create space for more of the Lord’s Presence, and therefore, JOY within me.
Here is the end of the road as I receive the concept of fasting on this #lentenjourney: