Lenten Discussions

Luke 13:1-9 Productive Faith

Jesus calls us to nourish our souls with divine love and hope so that our lives can bear the fruit of divine love. Jesus tells his followers to repent or perish. What areas of your life would you like to change? What stops you from doing it? Many of us would love to find the time to nourish our souls, but we are too busy. Nurturing a spiritual life is a tall order when you have a job, a family and a house to maintain. How can we find balance when daily demands are constantly pressing in on us?

I am going to start by giving up worry and picking up gratitude instead. Precious life energy can be exhausted by nothing more than worry. Though I hate to admit it, I often worry about things that don't matter in God's kingdom. The world won't end if the kitchen isn't mopped, if you can't walk through my children's bedroom or if there are crumbs all over the back of the mini-van. Sometimes we can become infested with worry pests that destroy the fruit of the spirit God wants to grow within us. Excessive worry about what other people think, about an honest mistake, or about an uncertain future can pull up the roots of our faith. Instead of being planted firmly in the soil of divine love, and showered by divine love, we can feel torn, scattered, and washed away from our true values. In that state, we can hardly bear fruit.

Repent or perish, Jesus said. Just for today I am going to practice gratitude instead of worry.
If you could change anything to nourish your soul today what would it be? Why not do it?