A couple of days ago the season of Lent started. In the Catholic Christian tradition this is a simpler time of pulling away some of the excesses and taking some time to quietly spend with God. People will often give things up, or take on things like prayer practices or service of some kind. There are some days of fasting and abstinence from certain foods, churches everywhere will have stations of the cross activities or extra meditation sessions. Again this is all designed to draw us closer to the heart of God. Some might begrudge Lent as the dark time or the time when things are not fun. But what could be more fun that a time dedicated to drawing closer in our hearts to the one who loves us more than anything? What could be more joyous than stripping away the extra layers of our ego identity to draw closer to the Great Creator who wants us to know the Love that we are and were created from? It is a time to rest closely in the experience and the knowledge of our hearts that God is who God says He is and we need not work so hard. My prayer for us today is that we recognize a time in our day when we can rest in the heart knowledge of the love that we are and take a deep breath. Make it a great one! Peace~Colleen
Are you willing to rest in the heart knowledge through your breath at least once today that You are the Love that you crave because God created you? Share in the comments.
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Colleen, my goal this Lent is to spend quiet time daily in reflection and daily reading from Matthew! Thanks for sharing this!