The country music artiste, Don Williams, once sang: “It’s gonna come from the heart if you want it to work.” Lent is a time that calls us to a close examination of our lives before God. It could also be called a time of spiritual stocktaking; it is a healthy exercise from time to time.This should, however, not be limited to the yearly observance of the holy season of Lent.
Like many good things, there is the tendency for this great exercise to be abused by those who do not go beyond the mere ceremonial or religious observance. The Lord Jesus saw through the rigorous, but empty religious practices of the Pharisees in His day and denounced a lifestyle that was inconsistent with their pretensions. He called instead for lives that were in harmony — in and out, between profession and practice.
In His sermon on the Mount, Jesus said as He concluded: “A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a…
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