Friday, March 03, 2006
Lent thoughts - repentance
I've just listened to the first of the Jesuit podcasts mentioned below by Mike.
I think part of the reason I've never really got very far with lent, is that I have a problem with repentance. And my problem is that most of the time I just don't feel very sinful! I know that I'm not perfect and that I do plenty of things that are wrong and have bad attitudes and thoughts, but growing up in churches that stressed God's love, forgiveness, grace etc, I've always taken the forgiveness a bit for granted. All the talk of God as a loving parent, about having a personal relationship etc can obscure the idea of God's anger and Christ's pain.
So my prayer today is that God will make me more aware of my need of God.
I think part of the reason I've never really got very far with lent, is that I have a problem with repentance. And my problem is that most of the time I just don't feel very sinful! I know that I'm not perfect and that I do plenty of things that are wrong and have bad attitudes and thoughts, but growing up in churches that stressed God's love, forgiveness, grace etc, I've always taken the forgiveness a bit for granted. All the talk of God as a loving parent, about having a personal relationship etc can obscure the idea of God's anger and Christ's pain.
So my prayer today is that God will make me more aware of my need of God.
