Lent Blog 34: To Each Their Own

I have come to a conclusion today, I am not going to hit 40 blogs during Lent. Part of me feels bad about that, and part of me just doesn't care. This time around it has been a lot harder coming up with blogs, partly because of life changes and partly for a whole host of reasons. To you out there that has consistently shown up and read each blog I do want to apologize for not hitting the 40 mark, but if you continue reading post Easter we'll get there sooner or later.

N-E-Way, let's get on with it.

Tonight I would like to just take a little bit of time and talk about Spiritual disciplines. I don't really want to get too deep into various disciplines, but rather just want to mention that we are all wired differently. Why do I mention that? To say this, if we are all wired differently why do we consistently act like we are all wired the same way when it comes to things like Spiritual disciplines? I may commune with God by taking a walk in the woods, but you may find contemplative prayer extremely rewarding. If I stay in prayer for too long, I start to fall asleep. Another person may love to just read and reread the same passage of scripture over and over again, while it may bore you to death.

All I'm saying is let us not check our personalities and learning styles at the door. Be who you were made to be. Be who you have become. If reading is your thing, read. If prayer, pray. If you love to starve yourself, perhaps fasting is your thing. If you are the life of the party find God in celebrations. If you want to continually give of your self, do it in service to something great. If you are getting a little to prideful, perhaps it is time to confess or submit. If you say yes to much, hold back. If you say yes on rare occasions, say yes more often.

Spiritual disciplines are not about doing x, y, or z because that is what your pastor, spouse, Sunday school teacher tells you to do. Spiritual disciplines are an attempt to include the divine into the daily, weekly, monthly, yearly of your life, to say this time I give to you, it isn't like everyone else's gift, but it is my gift.

Peace and Love,
Pastor K