What a great way to begin this Lenten Season 2023! We welcome our Lord and enter into this most sacred time within His holy presence. The longer I walk with Christ, all the more I want to be totally devoted as His own. I love our faith. It is so welcoming. And when we see how real and alive we are in Christ, we live out the beginning of our eternity on earth. How blessed we truly are to know our creator on such an intimate level. We commune with Him in thought, in prayer, in service, every single thing we do, is to honor Him. When we speak, with great gentleness and respect, God is pleased. When we show compassion and love, God is pleased. When we take the higher road, the road less traveled, God is pleased. You see, we began with our Lord. He loved us first. Yes, and that love for us that He has, is eternal. We are eternal beings. Destined for greatness. Destined for heaven. We are not destined for earth. We traverse through time, experience, and memories, only to physically die inside of our bodies so that our souls can be brought forth by our Lord. We do not go to heaven. We are taken to heaven by God himself. So you see our soul is worth everything to God. Therefore, we must treat our soul with the respect it deserves. We need to look deep within ourselves and recognize our souls importance. We come into this world with a clean slate. Pure, un spoiled , and beautiful. The choices that we make change the purity of our soul and the really bad ones force us to take a deep look at what we have done. A blackened soul full of impurities needs to be purified and some times it takes a lifetime for us to look that deep and desire to deep purification process. Sadly there are others who never desire to look at themselves and die without ever correcting their imperfections and scars, that deserved to be looked at, examined at great length in order to be healed. I thank God that I have lived long enough to see what God had wanted me to see and to correct my imperfections so that I can truly live a life that is worthy of my Lord. Our Lord is a Lord of many chances, I am very thankful of that, and I appreciate every opportunity he has given me to show humility, and reverse the remnants of stain of my sin upon my soul. I want everyone to utilize that same opportunity. To look deep within and correct any imperfections that may have set you back instead of bringing you forward into the light and life of Christ. I pray that this podcast reaches just one soul that may have never known that their soul was in need of cleansing. And they actually get to clean it for the first time and then they desire to upkeep their soul so it is in a state of grace when our Lord comes for them. Tommrow is Ash Wednesday, and it is the perfect time of year to rediscover who we are in the midst of Lent. To rediscover oneself, to edit oneself is a good thing. We need to bring ourselves up to speed with the truth about God and about our relationship with Him. Lent is the perfect segway to do so. The praying of the stations of the cross and reflecting upon the pain our Lord endured for the sake of our souls is the least we can do this Lent as faithful men and women. Lets begin again. A new! Lets show Christ, we are of GREAT WORTH IN HIS EYES AND WITHIN OUR VERY OWN.
