Lent starts on Wednesday. Wow! It came so fast this year--hardly enough time to celebrate Christmas, start sinning and have something to confess. Just kidding. Apparently it's no problem at all for me as I tip the scales 15 pounds heavier than 6 weeks ago. I don't know how it happened--a cookie here, a scoop of ice cream there and "Voila!" Fat Tuesday came early this year.
The truth is that sin usually works that way. A little here, a little there, until sin's weight (pardon the play on words) finally overwhelms us. Most of us don't fall in huge ways, we wander away a little bit at a time from the One who loves us. Those little wanderings eventually take us a long way from home.
I am turning now toward Home. I am hoping that over the course of Lent I will make my way little by little toward Home. It's good to know that Jesus is up the path ahead of me--the Pioneer of my faith, guarding, guiding all the way.
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