This Lenten Season

“Until the love of God that knows no boundary, limit, or breaking point is internalized through personal decision; until the furious longing of God seizes the imagination; until the heart is conjoined to the mind through sheer grace, nothing happens.  The idolatry of ideas has left me puffed up, narrow-minded, and intolerant of any idea that does not coincide with mine.

The wild, unrestricted love of God is not simply an inspiring idea.  When it imposes itself on mind and heart with the stark reality of ontological truth, it determines why and at what time you get up in the morning, how you pass your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, and who you hang with; if affects what breaks your heart, what amazes you, and what makes your heart happy.” Brennan Manning

Abba Father, direct this distracted heart straight into your arms of love this Lenten season.  May I cease striving and know that You are God.  It is no longer I who live, but You live in me.   May my thoughts feast upon Your words of truth this season.  Teach me the steadfastness of Christ.  In Jesus’ name, Amen.