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So, my sweet daughter has decided that she would like to give up Junk Food for Lent. Cupcake is more than just a pretty teenager...she is sensible and loves keeping her body a temple for all the Lord has allowed her to do.
Over the past several months, and more in the recent past, I have felt a real hunger after knowing the Lord and depending on Him. I desire to know His Word learning more and more how faithful He is to keep His Word. I have learned as I read about the life of Christ that He truly did not come to condemn the world...yet so often as a Christian I struggle with condemning my world, my family, myself.
Exercise is NOT my favourite thing to do. I have been motivated by the amazing strength of my BFF in starting running, acheiving amazing results, and her drive to keep up the race. But it isn't in THAT race that she is moving me.
She has grown up. Her faith has soared and as she grows she hungers...much like her appetite for running has. But she is ravenous. The more she learns of the God she serves, the more hungry she becomes for Him AND the more she is fed.
That is a race I want to run. That is a race I want to win!
So I've started running. Not thinking that that is the magic key to intimacy with God but needing to get moving. I have learned more in those runs about being still and listening to God than most anywhere else. I gain perspective as I need to depend on Him for every breath. I see the beauty of His creation and realize what an awesome, creative God I serve.
So, as I embark on this Lenten season and decide to commit 40 days of exercise, I am aching to identify with Christ.
Well...I better get moving before day 1 expires. WiiFit Plus is all I can fit in but I can hardly wait to try some new ways of drawing breath from my God.
I'd love to hear if you celebrate Lent and how you are doing it!
