Correction: the Lenten website I gave you yesterday is: www.thelightisonforyou.org , not alight... thank you Anthony!
I the Lord alone probe the mind/ and test the heart,
To reward everyone according to his ways,
according to the merit of his deeds. (Jer 17: 10).
If we were to probe the inner recesses of our mind and heart, no doubt we'd find as much clutter as we do in our attics, garages, basements, closets, bedrooms, family rooms and offices. Many of us are plain and simple out-of-control hoarders. We haven't made TV yet, but we know we could. Taking time this Lent to do some housecleaning, as we have mentioned, would really help is get that "pilgrim feeling", reminding us that we have not here a permanent city.
Looking into our souls, we might find some outmoded ideas that need to be put out on the sidewalk with our collected trash...i.e. that the good I do deserves a reward here or in heaven; that people should acknowledge my actions and pat me on the back; that I am not in need of repair, but my neighbor or friend, or relative is... How the list can go on. Rather than dwell on these shorcomings, it might be better simply to let God do the probing and sorting. C.S. Lewis has an unforgettable and poignant statment on this, worthy of memorization: "The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because he loves us." C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity. A thought to probe for more than just a day.
Bro. Rene
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