In the beginning - God created man - male and female He created them - to dominate and rule the World. All was good - for a time - then - things changed. Utilizing the Gift of Free Will - man began to think - that is when things started to change. Men and women thought - communicated - developed ideas - most good - some not so. Over time wrong thinking invaded God's World - clashed with the good - created tension. Tension as such can be good when utilized to create - develop - advance society. Tension between individuals - the opposite effect.
Because of the development of society - how people interact - mankind allowed itself to drift away from God's Plan. Rather than seek what God intended - people started overly focusing on what they wanted - whether good or bad. In the course of time as religion became formalized - as moral codes developed - the need to pause and examine one's life - what they were doing - where they were headed - how they had fallen short of life's goals - drifted towards the selfish side - the need for Lent became obvious. Thus - today - we observe the First Sunday of Lent - the first of many Sundays and an entire forty day period to do a self examination - to help each of us to get back on course - to guide our lives in the proper direction - to make our life meaningful and of value to the world in which we live. With Jesus - the God who walked this Earth - it is a task that can be undertaken with joy and peace. May your personal Lenten experience be one filled with a multitude of blessings.
Deacon Dale
Because of the development of society - how people interact - mankind allowed itself to drift away from God's Plan. Rather than seek what God intended - people started overly focusing on what they wanted - whether good or bad. In the course of time as religion became formalized - as moral codes developed - the need to pause and examine one's life - what they were doing - where they were headed - how they had fallen short of life's goals - drifted towards the selfish side - the need for Lent became obvious. Thus - today - we observe the First Sunday of Lent - the first of many Sundays and an entire forty day period to do a self examination - to help each of us to get back on course - to guide our lives in the proper direction - to make our life meaningful and of value to the world in which we live. With Jesus - the God who walked this Earth - it is a task that can be undertaken with joy and peace. May your personal Lenten experience be one filled with a multitude of blessings.
Deacon Dale
