Rending Your Heart
I cannot believe that Lent is already here! The challenging and beautiful journey of the Lenten period is here with us again. Unlike earlier in my life I now look forward to this special season in the church's year. You may ask why? The Lenten season for me is a representation of life. It is about the pains and joys of life. A dying to myself for forty days to hopefully rise again to new life in Jesus Christ in the Easter season. It may mean some falling down, yet I intend to rise up again and again. "Rending my heart, not my garments." Focusing more on the condition of my heart. A time where I can genuinely examine my life and try to root out what is not life-giving through consistent fasting, prayer and helping others. I try to work on the elements in my life that I know is not good for me or beneficial to others. It is an opportunity of forty days to let go of bad habits and persistent sinful behaviors and replace them with more life-giving beh