I consider the Lenten Season as a forty-day retreat. For forty days we leave the 24 hour news cycle and fast food world we live in and devote at least part of our day to prayer, fasting, meditation, and service to others. Whether its ten minutes in the morning or a quiet hour in the evening, we are on God’s time, not ours.
When we are tempted to quit, to give in and ask what’s the point, it’s time to remember that often it’s in the times we struggle that God is doing his best work on us. That work can be dramatic or so subtle we might not recognize it until weeks or months later.
The Lenten season requires a little faith and trust. It can be challenging to find the time to practice or participate in your Lenten discipline. But when we let God set the agenda for our Lenten retreat and trust in his wisdom, it will be as if we are “dipped in magic waters.”
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