When is the last time you asked yourself what you really want? Not what you should want or what you used to want or what it seems like you want; but what your heart hungers for most of all? For many of us, we stumble from one thing to the next in life, not remembering why we started down our paths and not quite sure of where we're going. We strive for goals that seemed worthy in the beginning, only to realize later that they were simply inadequate to the task of fulfilling our deepest longings.
Lent is a time to take notice of our hunger and thirst. This season supplies us with opportunity to become mindful of our motivations and to take a long look at those things we spend so much time running after and, perhaps more importantly, running from. It's a time to examine what we're using to satiate ourselves – those things we expend our precious time and energy on that are not the kind of bread which our souls really need.
