Lenten Reflection

Food, Social Media, smoking, TV and so many other distractions are a source for creature comfort to many of us. They become our "go to" when we're trying to relax, are too stressed or just in need of disconnecting from our surroundings for a while.

Take a moment to really reflect, how much of your thoughts have been overtaken by craving various things like food or activities that you have committed to 'fast' from during these forty days. If these were drugs or alcohol would you consider yourself "addicted"especially if your desires for them were this consuming? Perhaps, this time of prayer and fasting has brought about a deeper awareness of how harmful these "knock-off" things have been and expose the extent they have been allowed to interfere in your relationship with God. 

God may have used time and discomfort to reveal an actual addiction. We must understand that desireing and craving are similar but can also be very different. We desire God, but crave the counterfit source of comfort. Pray that God's incredible love will again be your primary source of comfort and guidance over the cravings you have for .

Today ask Him to use this experience of silent suffering to remove anything that has usurped the His holy presence as the principle comforter of your life.

Read: 1 Corinthians 1