There are no ashes on my forehead, but there is a smudgy place in my heart that wants more of God. Even lacking the ashes I feel quite a sense of my mortality compared to what I ought to be, that eternal 'oughtness' that Martin Luther King, Jr. talked about. Realizing that I will never do enough to even begin to help my own growth in grace, I am changing tactics.
You might say I am planning to quit for Lent this year. Not smoking, or drinking, or whatever other vices, but just to quit. And I have Biblical support for that. "Cease striving and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10, and "... the Holy One of Israel has said, 'In repentance and rest you shall be saved, in quietness and trust is your strength.'" Isaiah 30:15
Now the question I'm left with is, how do I do this? In the modern world we are so busy 'doing' that quietness and rest is strange. How exactly does one rest in the presence of the Almighty, Awesome God?
I don't know. Maybe if I can cease striving for a while He will start to show me.
Blessings, rest, and peace multiplied.
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