comes with Easter. Each week we will remove some of the light in the sanctuary, a kind of reverse Advent. We will live into the darkness each week while at the same time we will be reminded that we are people of hope that long for the light.
As I was preparing for Lent this year, I came across the Lenten devotional below. As we enter Lent, the church has historically called its members to self-reflection, prayer and fasting. Fasting is not only refraining from physical food, but eliminating practices that will in turn bring us closer to God. I hope these words will inspire your Lenten discipline:
Fast from judging others;
Feast on Christ dwelling in them.
Fast from fear of illness;
Feast on the healing power of God.
Fast from words that pollute;
Feast on speech that purifies.
Fast from discontent;
Feast on gratitude.
Fast from anger;
Feast on patience.
Fast from pessimism;
Feast on hope.
Fast from negatives;
Feast on encouragement.
Fast from bitterness;
Feast on forgiveness.
Fast from self-concern;
Feast on compassion.
Fast from suspicion;
Feast on truth.
Fast from gossip;
Feast on purposeful silence.
Fast from problems that overwhelm;
Feast on prayer that sustains.
Fast from anxiety;
Feast on faith.
--Author Unknown
In Christ,
Pastor Meagan
