Wednesday Wisdom | A Lenten Rule of Life

A #Lent26 Reflection

Friends, followers, and readers, Lent begins today. I’m inviting you to join me in a blogging collaboration focusing on Lent.

What is Lent?

Lent is not explicitly detailed in the Bible, but it traditionally has its origins in the early Christian church as a time of reflection, fasting, and preparation for Easter, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Forty Days of Hunger, Silence, and Surrender

This Lent, I am not aiming at spectacle.
I am aiming at formation.

I will fast from one meal each day, not to prove discipline, but to remind my body that it is not in charge.

When hunger rises, I will not rush to silence it. I will let it speak. I respond with prayer.

As my body longs for food, may my soul long for God.

I will fast from noise.

I will not seek to fill every quiet space with input, commentary, or distraction.
I will protect stillness, especially in the morning. I will allow silence to expose what noise has been covering.

If restlessness surfaces, I will not numb it. I will sit with it.

I will fast from self-explanation.

I will resist the impulse to clarify every misunderstanding, to defend my every intention or to rehearse conversations in my head.

I will entrust my reputation to God.
He will not abandon the work of His hands.

Each day I will ask:

• Where did I feel hunger?
• Where did I feel exposed?
• Where did I feel free?

This Lent, I am not trying to become impressive. I am learning to surrender.

Let my hunger deepen me.
Let my silence sharpen me.
Let my restraint soften me.

And when Easter comes,
may I be lighter, not because I gave things up, but because I laid them down.

Until my next post…

Be salty, stay lit.

Rainer Bantau —The Devotional Guy™

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