This sacred season finds us in the forty days (forty-six, if we count Sundays) prior to Easter Sunday. The early church used Lent as a way to prepare hearts to celebrate the resurrection. This is a season of reflection and repentance, often alongside fasting.
Lent is not about a set of rules or practices we must follow—it’s a discipleship tool that can help us in our faith walk to bring us closer to Jesus. During this time, we can reflect on and lament the sin that separates us from God, holding it in tension with the extraordinary grace He offers us in Jesus.
As we enter this season, you may find it meaningful to meditate on the life of Christ, beginning with his time in the desert wilderness, moving on with Him as He walks to Jerusalem, and ending with kneeling alongside Him in Gethsemane. At every point, He had an opportunity to reject the cross. But He didn’t. He knew the road that would give us life.
So let’s sit in the uncomfortableness of this sacred season, asking God to lead us deeper in our walk with Him as we also look forward to the celebration of Easter.