Making Room for God

March 7, 2011

Lent snuck up on me this year. Usually by this time I already know what I want to give up, but this year I’m clueless. I think it’s because in the last year my life has drastically changed and I’m making more room for God than ever.

This time last year my morning devotions were inconsistent, much like they’d been my entire life. But I can honestly say after almost 3 decades I’ve fallen into a routine with my morning bible reading and it’s not a chore anymore!

I usually give up sugar and bread for lent, and I will probably do so again, but since I dropped 20 lbs. and changed my eating habits, they no longer have the same hold on me, so I’m looking for other things in my life that I can give up to make more room for God. I’m contemplating giving up coffee since I look forward to my morning cup of coffee. I don’t think I “need” the caffeine” to survive, it’s just the ritual, the comfort of the cup in my hand that I’d like to try and replace with finding comfort in Jesus instead.

For those of you who don’t practice the tradition of Lent, I want to challenge you to look at it a different way and consider giving something up NOT out of obligation or a religious practice, but as a desire to grow closer to Jesus during this season. When we give up something we love and replace it with Jesus, things happen inside us. I want to find experience that!

How about you?

 

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Gina Conroy

Gina Conroy

From the day I received my first diary in the second grade, I've had a passion expressing myself through writing. Later as a journalist and novelist, I realized words, if used powerfully, have the ability to touch, stir, and reach from the depths of one soul to another. Today as a writing and health coach, I inspire others to live their extraordinary life and encourage them to share their unique stories. For daily inspiration follow me on https://www.facebook.com/gina.conroy and check out my books here https://amzn.to/3lUx9Pi