lent reflection

Wow- this one was convicting. It is worth reading.

Saying I don't like change isn't strong enough, loathe it would maybe be more appropriate. Even the joyous changes like adding another member to our family is tough for me to get used to. I have always been one who likes things a certain way and done at a certain time and always consistent. I have been learning a lot of things lately, and one of them is that everything will always change. I have no control and I have to let go and just let it happen.

I found this thought today and really liked it:
"Change, I saw, is just another word for living. So instead of fighting it, what if I were to embrace it or even find a way to thank God for each change?"

Something to think about...


Love Letter Seven:
The Book of Judges
God says, I never heal superficially. Many of My people wish I did and think I do. I don't. My plan is to change you from the inside out, to change your motives—why you do what you do—and to change your impact on people so that how you relate to others will make them thirsty for Me and will draw them to dependence on Me.When you love Me above all else, what you do will bring Me pleasure because your motives, though never pure, will be holy. And when you love others with an authenticity and passion that draws them toward Me, you will feel a little of the pleasure I feel.
Only when people look deeply into themselves will they truly repent. My people in Judges never repented. They remained in love with their own sense of well-being, with no understanding that love, real love, the love that defines Me, involves suffering the loss of well-being for the sake of another.That lack of understanding is epidemic, not only in culture but in churches today. And it is in you. You and everyone else are inclined to depend on Me for the good life of blessings and to mistake that dependence for love. You're more afraid of losing the good life than of losing (or never gaining) a close relationship with Me. You do not yet see that being with Me is your greatest blessing, no matter what else may be happening in your life