Lent is a season that allows us to open our hearts to a special time of cleansing and refreshment through repentance. The purpose of Lent is not another New Year’s Day. It’s not merely another opportunity to start a diet or to quit a bad habit. The purpose of Lent is to prepare your heart to celebrate God’s triumph over sin on Easter Sunday. He died and was resurrected to give us life—and life eternal. This season of Lent is a time of penitence—it’s a time to examine our own hearts and cleanse ourselves of sin. It’s a time to tell God that we want to be closer to Him… and then to actually make a move closer to Him.

This Lenten season I want to commit  to being true to myself.  Over the past year I have been struggling with loss and change, during this time I have changed, grown and my relationship with God has become renewed and stronger.  During the six week of the Lenten season I want to focus on thing that make myself a whole individual, do things that make me happy and help to continue to grow my relationship with God.

I know that lent is supposed to be about fasting or “giving something up” and committing to being true to myself is not about fasting or “giving something up” but to me it serves the same purpose of turning your eyes and heart upward towards God.  Committing to being true to myself is about giving up the “evil” influences in my life and focusing on what makes me complete and in return my relationship with God and with others stronger and better. Lent is the time of our lives where we are most especially called to reflect on our own lives and ask ourselves, how much do we thirst for an intimate relationship with our loving Jesus who is just waiting for us to respond to His love? It is the time that we must deeply ponder how much do we thirst for a life that is life-giving to others?

This season of Lent I am going to (and encourage you to do the same) spend time every day with God.   I am going let go of my past baggage and come to God as I am.  I ready to allow God to opportunity to reveal His great love.