Once again this old post resonates with me this Lenten season. Reflecting on God’s grace and how to become a more abundant conduit of His grace to others.
I am refreshing /updating this note I wrote after Ash Wednesday 2009. It still blesses me because it refocuses my mind in the Lenten season as a dedication and cultivation of my relationship with Christ right before He paid the ultimate price for our salvation and ultimate reconciliation with our Heavenly Father.
“Laissez les bon temps rouler!” Let the Good Times Roll right into Lent
As a native of Louisiana, Ash Wednesday was a huge deal because of Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) whose whole existence is based on the big day of revelry and excess before the Lenten season begins. Let’s live it up, before we have to give up everything. What shall I give up is really tired, old, deficit thinking. The Good Book says obedience is better than sacrifice. Obedience is a forward looking act of your will – acting on a requirement. All sacrifice should come…
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