iCrucified

 return to coincide with the season of Lent and plan to blog daily with devotional thoughts and readings through Easter. I feel rested in every way, and it feels good to be back.

Wednesday (Feb. 22, 2012) begins Lent for the 2012 calendar year. Lent is a season of the Christian year when people are invited to simplify their lives to focus on their relationship with God in Christ. I was inspired by my friend, Christine Sine, to focus my meditation on what my heart truly hungers and thirsts for. After giving it some deep reflection during the past few weeks, I determined me deepest hunger is to be in unbroken unity with the Godhead as Jesus describes in John 17. I know this seems somewhat ethereal, but I can’t escape the idea that Jesus meant what he prayed for us.

During the next days leading up to Easter, this will be my focus and my fast. I will seek silence, solitude, study, and meditation to determine what areas of my life need changed and what real challenges need overcome, so I might grow in unity…holy communion with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. I’m not entirely sure where this journey will lead and what changes might be introduced during these coming days, but I enter the season with desire and surrender. I pray: “Have your way completely in my life and make your home in my heart, Lord Jesus.” Amen.