Lent is a dark time for me. Not just because I give up chocolate—and I am addicted to chocolate—but because I try to live in the “desert.” For some reason I get tempted more and everything seems darker. It doesn’t help that spring has not sprung yet and the world is at war this year. Is it just me or do you feel the same?
I have to force myself to look ahead to the end of the desert. Focus on the prize of Jesus rising from the dead after sacrificing his earthly life for us. I know the end of the story but getting there is not easy.
I guess that’s the whole point of Lent. Being starved in that desert for 40 days until the glory of Jesus shines through.
It’s less than 3 weeks till Easter Sunday. These will be 3 tough weeks but the glory of God awaits. I dwell on the prize of the sacrifice of God’s only Son for us and our sins—past, present, and future. That’s worth all the chocolate, dreariness, temptations, and everything else happening in the world.
Hang in there, I tell myself and you. The GLORY and LIGHT of Jesus is coming!
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