Upper Room Daily Reflections

Denying Self Jan 12, 2019 12:00 am Today’s Reflection Let’s start planning for Lent now.  Why wait until March 6th? DURING LENT, we talk of self-examination and “giving up something.” To those who are unfamiliar with these practices, Lent may sound like a Christian self-improvement season. We focus on bad things we need to eliminate from our lives. We replace our normal greeting, “The Peace of Christ be with you,” with the Lenten alternative, “So what are you giving up this year?” We confess and examine our lives. We talk about our struggles, the times we fail to keep our Lenten disciplines. Lent may seem composed of difficult tasks we endure to get to Easter, dues paid to attend the sunrise service. Do we focus on ourselves too much in Lent? Have we lost sight of how our Lenten practices are meant to draw us closer to God? —Max O. Vincent Because of This I Rejoice