Lent - Day (whatever)

OK, so I'm not sure which day it is. Thinking it doesn't really matter. I'm in a season, and here I will stay - until Easter...
I'm hanging in:

- no meat on Friday
that was easy.

- reading daily
OK, I could do more, but Thank God for that You Bible reminder on my phone!

- hitting my knees
It's awesome the things you (re-)learn from new Christians. Be diligent with your prayer life, get on your knees daily. It's such a good place to be.

- listening
It seems like everything I hear/read these days has to do with listening. We (I) really need to listen. Quiet, mind of mine! Be still and listen...

I read this today on Donald Miller's blog:
http://donmilleris.com/2012/02/27/the-dance-toward-god/
God bestows three blessings on man: to feed him like the birds, dress him like the flowers, and befriend him as a confidant. Too many take the first two and neglect the last.
Life is a dance toward God. And the dance is not so graceful as we might think. For a while we glide and swing our practiced sway, God crowds our feet, bumps our toes, and scuffs our shoes. He lowers His head, whispers soft and confident, “You will dance to the beat of ‘Amazing Grace’ or you will not dance at all.” So we learn to dance with the One who made us. And it is a taxing dance to learn.

But once learned, don’t we glide. And don’t we sway. And don’t we bury our head in His chest. And don’t we love to dance.


peace & love, tc

Lent - Day 2

Day 1 - I failed on my reading goal for Forgotten God - didn't even open it. :-( sad.
I did not eat meat. Yay!
I read the Word. Yay!

Day 2 - Made up for the reading at lunch time.

I'm really liking the ideas in this devotional - especially this suggested fast:

Days: Leave it all behind: leave junk food, TV, cars, noise, and all the media and messages of the culture. Pack the very minimum (water, warm clothes, etc.) and find a trail, a mountain, or a beach, and feast on God.

Now, to find a free day with which to do so...

http://www.imby.net/easter/fast.html#other


peace & love,
tc

Ash Wednesday

I read an article about observing Lent yesterday and it made me want to do it. I thought maybe if I wrote about it, I could actually keep it up for 40 days.

I hope so.

There is a serious lack of discipline in my life. I mean, I pray - but it's always while moving... I have two books on listening to God and have been attempting to just spend time listening and not talking. Meditation! I need it.

Sit down. Shut up. Listen!

Here is the thing I read: http://www.imby.net/easter/

I like the name Bright Sadness.

So for me, it's not going to be so much about giving up something - although I will try to keep to the no meat on Fridays or Ash Wednesday deal - but it's about adding something. Prayer, Meditation, Devotions. One of the books I have - Forgotten God by Francis Chan, has less than 200 pages. 5 pages a day, right? I can do this...

Well, here goes - day 1. Wish me luck - or discipline...

~t.