Season of Lent

I'm starting this blog not really knowing what I am going to say, but I just feel the need to write. With the start of lent today, I really have been contemplating what things in my life I need to resist and what I need to bring to the cross. My goal in life is always to love people and lately I've seen things in me that show that I'm not truly loving some people or I'm not seeing them through God's eyes. I think this is what I'm bringing to the cross for lent. Before I say something or make a conclusion about someone, I want to take a step back and be humbled by Christ's view of the person. I want to be submerged in Christ during this time. I never paid much attention to lent before this year, and I see how important it is. I see it as a time to evaluate my walk in becoming more like Christ.

I think I've been a little hesitant in taking lent seriously because I'm afraid of the legalistic mindset, but I'm seeing that being a follower of Christ does take discipline. The thought that I have free will is clouding my mind. I feel that I'm trying to make exceptions for things by saying, "Oh, but I have free will". Yeah, that's true. But how many times can we say that? I thank Christ for dying on the cross and giving us free will, but making an effort to change our worldly patterns is also thanking Him for giving us free will. I don't want to convict myself, but I do want to a life for Christ and I want Him to be the model for my life.

Well, I guess that's that. I didn't know I had all that on my mind. I pray for whoever reads this that you'll go to the cross during this season of lent. It truly is a beautiful time to think of what Christ did for us.

Love, Emily