Considering it is only day two of Lent, or maybe because it is only day two, I’ve done pretty well, although I have been a bit crabby, partly due to a headache left over from fasting yesterday. And being crabby is just what I don’t want to be! But the TV is off, we ate simply and healthfully today, and the headache is gone now, so all is well. No works of kindness – but maybe just working on that crabby thing would be good!
I have been thinking today about transformation. The point of every day of our lives as Christians (not just Lent) is transformation: becoming more like Christ. The more I let God work on and in me, the more I see how much grace he has already shown me. Yet the more I open I am to God’s grace, the clearer I can see how far I have to go!
My transformation is really important, yet it is not just about me, or my salvation. It is God’s way of saving the world. The more we become like Christ, the more the kingdom of God is realized here and now.
Peter said, “he must increase but I must decrease” (John 3:30). I decrease when I let go of my wants, needs, desires. It can happen when I pray and when I turn my attention to the needs of others. I need to pray more; I want to pray more. I need to give more; I want to give more. God help me to use this season of Lent to learn to live a life open to steady transformation!
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