Saying "Yes" or saying "No" easily comes to many of us when asked a question. We may say "Yes" because we say "Yes" to everything or we may say "No" because that is our standard default. However, what many of us may not think about is whenever we say "No" we are emphatically saying "Yes" to something (and vice versa - when we say "Yes" we are saying "No" to something).
In an abundant Christian life, our individual and communal relationship with God, is a journey fraught with choices that influences ourselves and others. Every day is an opportunity to make choices; choices that influence our personal, work, and spiritual lives and have an impact on those around us in our world.
During this Lenten Season encourage yourself to strengthen your yeses and noes through prayer or with the help of a faith-sharing group. Review recent decisions, choices, actions, omissions, attitudes, and desires by asking how these impact your relationship with God, with yourself, and with others. To what or to whom have you said "Yes" or "No" this day, this week, this month, and this year? What motivated you to say "Yes" or "No"?
What spiritual exercise will you begin this Lent that will enhance, deepen your love of Christ, and nourish the life of faith lived in community?
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