Change Our Hearts
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I set a goal of writing at least 2 posts beyond the anchor post for this ‘meme’ each week and this week I’ve failed. It isn’t that I have nothing to say or share, but rather have been busy enough that I just don’t get it done.
Then there’s the little fact of being dragged into the desert kicking and screaming. I don’t want to be there, even if I know that my time in the desert will help me in the long run. It isn’t that I don’t like to grow closer to God. I just want to avoid the pain that transformation can bring at times.
Change Our Hearts is a liturgical song that very much fits with what we should be asking God to do for us, especially during a penitential season like Lent. I thought it fitting to share this particular song as I need some serious ‘heart work’ these days. While I don’t like the uncomfortable feelings that can come with ‘heart work’, I know that it will have me in a better place down the road. So, rather than avoid it, I am going to be making a conscious choice to relinquish the ‘reigns’ and let God work on me.
This year, I am joining Trish @ A House Upon the Rock in co-hosting the 40 Days of Seeking Him meme. The linky will be up each week so you can add in posts daily, weekly, or whenever you are able. The posts can be about anything related to Lent and preparing for Easter ~ crafts, food, devotions, music or reflections are all welcomed. I hope that my readers will join us on the journey through Lent as we seek to grow closer to Christ. Christian bloggers are welcome to join us in the weekly link up with posts that they are writing to showcase activities or reflections taken during this Lenten journey. Visit Entering the First Full Week of Lent ~ 40 Days of Seeking Him to check out posts by me or other bloggers or add your own to the link up.
Are you willingly asking God to change YOUR heart this Lent?
Post writing – hear you on that. I had several in my head and never got them out on paper…or the web. But the thing is, part of this journey is the working of Him in our hearts even if we don’t get it out to our audiences.
Love the song, very encouraging as I struggle with failing yet again today. He can change our hearts.
Blessings,
Trish
I dont practice lent, but I’m always facinated by what others are choosing to give up for Lent. I dont think I have the self control to give up what I love most.
JaimeeM,
I had a Mormon friend tell me just this week that she knows it would be too hard to give up something for Lent. I’ve gotten to the point in life, that I know sometimes fasting from something we love is what we are called to do. I gave up coffee during Lent for 2 years in a row. That first year was SO hard…I wanted a cup every time I saw someone else with one. But, I needed that form of suffering at that time.