We take a little of this and a little of that not really thinking about the final outcome of what our meal will consist of. Our plates are usually too full by the time we reach the salads and vegetables and inevitably each plate is topped off with a cookie or two.
The majority of Christians, if we are honest with ourselves and our God, live out their lives of devotion to God in much the same manner...and with the same result; a full plate but of little value to our health and lives.
Lent calls us out of the buffet line and back to looking at what we are eating. It is a time to step on the scale and look unclothed into the mirror. It is a time to search our refrigerators and pantries to see what we have been ingesting.
...and we can do this without fear. We are not on the biggest looser scale. We are not trying to win anything from anyone. We are standing before the One who made us, who is standing alongside side us. It is a time to say sorry and thank you without fear.
Above all it is a time of honesty. Just as ours bodies cannot hide what we eat, our lives cannot hide the objects of our devotions.
When was the last time to took a good, long honest look at yourself? Begin this Lent. The first step is tomorrow at Ash Wednesday. We lament our sins, we proclaim our mortality, and we ask for assistance. God does not need our acts of devotion or fasting. We are not trying to wrestle out a blessing.
We are simply being honest with our God.
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