Yay it’s Lent. Another chance to reset my way of thinking
and reflect on how I am doing spiritually in my life. Have you ever noticed how we humans tend to
see only the negatives in life? We see the ‘no’s or do nots, the ‘give up this
or that, don’t eat this,’ that are associated with Lent. The same
thing could be said about the way we see our spiritual sides. We see where we have fallen, not where we’ve
gotten up; we see our failures and ignore the compliments we receive.
Just this week, I received no less than five compliments
about various things I had been doing or working on. Yet all it took was one
bad day, of all days it was Ash Wednesday, to make me forget any of those compliments
and only remember the one or two times I had failed or fallen down. It
threatened to destroy the whole beginning of Lent for me. Whose fault was it? My own.
We are always looking for ways to discredit ourselves. We truly are our own worst enemies at times
when we need to be our own cheerleaders. I mean God loves us no matter what.
Why can’t we love ourselves too?
What will it take for you to look at yourself this Lent and
see the good you are doing? What will it take to pick yourself up through the
sad, sorrow and bad times and look up at the beautiful sky and say, yeah, that
happened or yup, I guess I’m still human, and move on?
This Lent, I challenge you to stop and say something nice
about yourself. Really stop, maybe even
WRITE IT DOWN! A Lenten journal is an
excellent way to write down these things you are working on. Then thank God. Thank Him for making you and
giving you the chance to see yourself in His eyes. You are his beautiful child.
This Lent, change. Make the change in you. Not the ‘giving
up’ foods or habits…change yourself to see that you really make a difference in
other people’s lives, that you mean a whole lot to God and to all those around
you. It’s only 40 days. Who knows, maybe
you’ll begin a habit of looking at the positive things about yourself.
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