Thursday, 3/7/13
In speaking to Jeremiah God complained that the so-called
People of God, “Turned their backs, not
their faces to me.”
A person could use God’s complaint for building a good
program for Lent. Like, what evil is he reaching for when it involves turning
his back on God? Following on that, how can he break off that fascination to
enable himself to turn back to facing God?
We haven’t one Lenten program that would fit all of us,
because all of us have our own way of turning our faces away from God. But we might
all check ourselves on matters pertaining to health and to friendliness.
We could begin examining ourselves on health matters by
accepting St. Paul to the Romans, 14:7. “No
one lives as his own master, and no one dies as his own master. While we live,
we are responsible to the Lord.” That tells us that we must take excellent
care of our bodies and minds, because we just have them on loan. We haven’t the
right to let them become flabby.
We could begin examining ourselves on matters of friendliness
by accepting the Biblical assertion that all the people we know are God’s
children. He demands that we treat them with understanding and kindness. By
acting that way we will be turning our faces to God.
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