Lent
Sorry to disappoint you, but this post will not be about laundry.
I don't know how many of my blog readers know about or participate in the season of the church year known as Lent. I had never even heard of it until 2-3 years ago myself, being ignorant of most of church history. The past few years, however, I have been introduced to and walking through the church year. The experience-- the journey-- has shaped and influenced my spiritual life more than I would have ever thought possible.
The past few weeks I have begun praying about what to do this year for Lent. I have fasted from some things in the past or made a concentrated effort to add something to my days. Yesterday I ran across something I'm pretty darn excited about. It's a group that encourages you to take the money you would normally spend on something (say, a daily cup of joe) and as you fast from said thing (in this instance, caffeinated beverage) to save the money up and at the end of Lent, use it to provide needy families with basics like clean water, toilets, etc. How cool is that?
If you're like me, you have a heart to reach the needy and impoverished with the love of God. I'm not talking about handing them a gospel track; I'm talking about modeling and pouring the gospel out in action. But if you're like me, you do this way too infrequently. As we approach Ash Wednesday, the Lenten season, and the culmination of Holy Week and Pentecost Sunday, let's try to follow the path of Christ not only by observing the church year, but also by embodying the Gospel to a needy, hurting world.
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I don't know how many of my blog readers know about or participate in the season of the church year known as Lent. I had never even heard of it until 2-3 years ago myself, being ignorant of most of church history. The past few years, however, I have been introduced to and walking through the church year. The experience-- the journey-- has shaped and influenced my spiritual life more than I would have ever thought possible.
The past few weeks I have begun praying about what to do this year for Lent. I have fasted from some things in the past or made a concentrated effort to add something to my days. Yesterday I ran across something I'm pretty darn excited about. It's a group that encourages you to take the money you would normally spend on something (say, a daily cup of joe) and as you fast from said thing (in this instance, caffeinated beverage) to save the money up and at the end of Lent, use it to provide needy families with basics like clean water, toilets, etc. How cool is that?
If you're like me, you have a heart to reach the needy and impoverished with the love of God. I'm not talking about handing them a gospel track; I'm talking about modeling and pouring the gospel out in action. But if you're like me, you do this way too infrequently. As we approach Ash Wednesday, the Lenten season, and the culmination of Holy Week and Pentecost Sunday, let's try to follow the path of Christ not only by observing the church year, but also by embodying the Gospel to a needy, hurting world.
Check out Significant Sacrifice, a mission of Lifewater International!
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