The Breath of LentNäide

The choice presented today is whether to conform to the pattern of the world or to be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Is there a “pattern of the world” you have fallen into? Is there a rhythm you find yourself in that you need to fall out of step with to be transformed?

Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Those are big words. Transformation is a whole process, not a quick fix, not a little cover-up or band-aid, but rather a shedding or growing out of something and then into something completely new. Do you remember the first time you saw a transformer as a child as you discovered its different forms? Some forms are so surprising, so vastly different from where they began. Allow yourself to be transformed. Renew your mind by spending time in the presence of the Lord. It is impossible to be in the presence of God and not be changed. So enter in today. Allow yourself to be transformed.

Inhale: Teach me to do your will

Exhale: for you are my God