Imitation

"Amen, amen I say to you, a son cannot do anything on his own, but only what he sees his father doing; for what he does, his son will do also." (Jn 5:19).  It goes without saying that this holds true for a daughter and her mother.  As we grow older we sometimes cringe at how much like our parents we have become...even the same words come out of our mouths!  In other instances, we are grateful for the lessons and wisdom they have passed on to us to make us who we are.  Imitation is the way to learn...even in writing prose or poetry, the more we read, the better we write.
How much more then in our relationship with God!  If we are to "get it", and Lent is surely the best time for this, the more we must spend time in prayer and reflection on the Gospel, the Epistles,  the Psalms and Proverbs and other favorite books of the Bible, the more we will absorb, the more we will imitate.
Bro. Rene