tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11943469.post114137235846492301..comments2023-09-24T14:43:38.672+01:00Comments on hopefulimagination: Just (don't) try harderUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11943469.post-1141512608979127702006-03-04T22:50:00.000+00:002006-03-04T22:50:00.000+00:00I agree with your "what Lent is not"s. I would ad...I agree with your "what Lent is not"s. I would add that most of the Lenten reading materials I am reading are very self-absorbed, even if the scrutiny to oneself is critical. <BR/><BR/>Lent is to focus on Jesus, not on me. Whatever in me gets in the way, I should notice and ask for help to remove. It should not be this exercise in self-scrutiny and feeling miserable about my miserable-ness... I really hold onto Jesus' forty days in the desert as focusing him and launching him on a brilliant life-giving ministry, not just on being the first step to a horrible execution.<BR/><BR/>My personal metaphor for Lent is resubmitting to the potter's hand. It will hurt, but be worth it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com