We are now 28 days into lent, and if you’re anything like me, the strain of your lenten sacrifice will be beginning to show. Lent is not supposed to be an easy journey, it is a challenge to each of us, to act upon our commitment to God. Ask yourself how you are feeling about your Lenten journey right now? Maybe it’s going well, and you’re sticking strongly to your Lentern promise? Possibly you’re feeling like you should have done more?
Is God still at the core of your Lenten experience?
We all struggle along our paths of faith, just as Jesus did in the wilderness.
Here is a video explaining something called ‘Laminin’. I don’t want to give it away, so here take a look for youself...
The first time I watched this video, (after getting over the intense nature of the speaker; Louie Giglio) I was amazed! You may just think it is a coincidence that the molecule that holds ‘ the skin to our bones’ is in the shape of a cross, but it represents so much more. God is there! He is within each of us, He is in you and He is in me. Who is at the centre of our church? Is it not God? He breathes life into our bodies, Genesis 2:7, He gives us light and life, John 8:12 and he is the purpose of our whole lives.
‘He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together.’
Colossians 1:17
Sometimes we lose sight of God’s presence in the world and we all need revival in our faith. We need to be reminded that WE are the wonderful creatures of God’s creation and that he lives in us, ‘that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you’ 1 Corinthians 6:19. As Christians we’re taught to live with God at the centre of our lives, and during Lent this message is emphasised.
TRUST!
That is the word that should linger in our hearts. By recognising that God is a part of us, we are able to trust that he will make all things well. Lent is a long journey, which often comes with struggle, but we continue in the knowledge that our salvation comes through God and his resurrection. So therefore, no matter where you are on your Lentern journey be strengthened in the Lord. I set you this challenge:
At the end of each day, leading up to Easter Sunday; look back over your day and thank God for all the moments where you have felt him working. Some days you will recognize his presence more than others, maybe you could keep a ‘God diary’ to express your experiences. But most of all, I challenge you to TRUST in God and his Spirit working within YOU!
Lizzie Brookes, 20
From Dudley,
Studying Theology at the University of Nottingham.
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