Comments for Campus Ambassadors @ UAlbany http://caualbany.com Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:46:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on What are you doing for Lent? by Steve Bugler http://caualbany.com/2010/02/17/what-are-you-doing-for-lent/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Steve Bugler Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:46:54 +0000 http://caualbany.com/?p=439#comment-2 <p>This is so beautifully said.</p> <p>I love the idea that Lent is not just something you sacrifice [Give up] but also something you actively do to draw closer to Christ.</p> <p>Paul reminds us in Colossians 3:9b-10 "...since you have taken off your old self with it's practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge, in the image of it's Creator." He reminds us that it is a two part process.</p> <p>Lent is about repentance and seeking to be made Holy, pure, set apart through realizing/incarnating the life we are called to live as followers of Christ. It is Christ Himself, that does that and the Holy Spirit living in us because He made it possible.</p> <p>The act repentance is not just saying we are sorry. That's confession to what we've done. Repentance is a military term used by the Roman army meaning to turn around and walk the other way. It is much more than just stopping a sinful action[s]. It is taking an action to move you closer to the Creator, Author and Perfecter of our faith!</p> <p>May we all take this season on the Church calendar to deeply contemplate the tremendous gift that was given to us on the cross approximately 2 millennia ago, realize the implications it has for our lives, and then take off the old and put on the new creation God is making us into!</p> This is so beautifully said.

I love the idea that Lent is not just something you sacrifice [Give up] but also something you actively do to draw closer to Christ.

Paul reminds us in Colossians 3:9b-10 “…since you have taken off your old self with it’s practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge, in the image of it’s Creator.” He reminds us that it is a two part process.

Lent is about repentance and seeking to be made Holy, pure, set apart through realizing/incarnating the life we are called to live as followers of Christ. It is Christ Himself, that does that and the Holy Spirit living in us because He made it possible.

The act repentance is not just saying we are sorry. That’s confession to what we’ve done. Repentance is a military term used by the Roman army meaning to turn around and walk the other way. It is much more than just stopping a sinful action[s]. It is taking an action to move you closer to the Creator, Author and Perfecter of our faith!

May we all take this season on the Church calendar to deeply contemplate the tremendous gift that was given to us on the cross approximately 2 millennia ago, realize the implications it has for our lives, and then take off the old and put on the new creation God is making us into!

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