There's something about it that makes sense, Lent. You give something up, and everything's more joyful.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Lent is a time to renew wherever we are in that process that I call the divine therapy. It's a time to look what our instinctual needs are, look at what the dynamics of our unconscious are.
When you get a hankering to talk or complain about what you gave up for Lent, replace that hankering by speaking the word of God. For all the times you would have done the activity that you gave up for Lent, replace it by reading the word of God. Christians should always be drawing closer to God.
No one has taken my heart in their hand. I haven't given it... I have lent myself, rented myself out, but never given myself.
Giving is just one way of expressing that God has been good to you and will continue to do so through your being good to others.
It's about sharing. You just give what you have to give wherever you go, and you let God handle the rest.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
When you give up yourself, that's when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that's giving that's serving others and that's when you feel fulfilled.
There's no point in giving up something you enjoy unless you get something back that's even better, and quickly.
I tell people all the time, 'Don't give up.' We get almost to our blessing, whether you believe spiritually in God or in a good force and an evil force. We get almost to our blessing, and we quit. Don't stop.
It is obvious that God is looking at the heart when sacrifices are given to Him. He takes no delight in those who give up things for Lent and then act like it's such a struggle to perform what they said they wanted to do for Him.