Autumn for Lent
Brad Fruhauff
I know we sometimes get confused between the "promise" of America and the promise of God. The dream of prosperity is not the same as the dream of kingdom life--except that no one owes us either. The purpose of fasting during Lent is not to learn self-sufficiency but to clarify one's priorities and to give one's sacrifice to the one who made Himself a sacrifice. Thus part of the discipline is to hold to it even when it doesn't seem to be "working."
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