Lent Journey - 2016Sample

DAILY THOUGHT: BEGINNING AGAIN Lent is a time of new beginnings. We begin again with God, with those around us and even with ourselves. There are always new starts, new adventures and new flowerings in our journey of faith. When we think we have arrived, when we believe that we have got it all made, we are really in one sense lost. We become bored, and before we know it, we find ourselves slipping into lives of dull habit and mediocrity. More tragically, we lose our capacity for being surprised by God in our daily lives and for listening to what God may be saying to us. So here is a question from God today: “I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? (Isaiah 43:19) DAILY PRACTICE: Consider this question from God as one addressed specifically to you. How do you respond to it? Share your thoughts and feelings about this question with God. Are you willing to believe that God wants to do something new in your life? If so, what do you sense it may be? If not, what makes it hard for you to believe this good news? Perhaps today you would be willing to ask God, “Lord, as I continue on my Lenten journey with you, help me open myself to whatever new beginning you would like to initiate in my life.” This is a dangerous request, but it will always rekindle the sense of adventure in our life with God.