Asked God to help me come up with something to do for Lent. I don't feel convicted to give anything up but feel compelled to do something. I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore but those Catholic roots have stayed with me. I believe it's a wonderful gesture and does more for a person than they realize.
A few years ago I felt very convicted to give up facebook. THAT was hard! One year I gave up chocolate. That was quite difficult as well. I don't give up something every year including last year. This year I took some time to talk to God to ask him for guidance in what He thought I should do this year.
I LOVE to pray for people, no doubt, and I love when God puts someone on my heart to pray for but when I was living my breast cancer chapter, I realized even more how powerful prayer really is. I was touched by the amount of people who said they were praying for me. After that chapter, I vowed to make sure if someone asked for prayer via facebook, email, etc I would stop and pray for that person or situation RIGHT THEN AND THERE. How many times have we said something like, "I'm praying for you" or "You'll be in my prayers" but then go on our merry way and never even mutter a, "God, please help so and so today"? That chapter in my life was a life changing time and my prayer life became much "gooder" as a result of it.
So, what did God and I decide on this year? Simple: More praying. But specifically I am asking God to put a particular person on my heart each day and I am committing to pray fervently for that person throughout the day. On this first day of Lent, just from looking at my friends' facebook statuses, so many need prayer and I vow to whisper a prayer for them, but God has already laid someone in particular on my heart so here I go. I am so looking forward to doing this and I cannot wait to see who God puts on my heart each and every day.
God's timing IS perfect!
