This can be your favorite Easter yet. It could even be your favorite holiday ever.
Today, you can start doing something that can change the way you feel about Easter, while also helping you reorient your life to one with a clearer focus and noticeable peace and joy.
Before I tell you how to do that, let me review a little of my backstory.
Years ago, anorexia nervosa totally consumed me – my only thought was how to lose another pound. It cost me everything, including my family, one job after another, my health and my sanity.
I knew I had crossed the line when my desire to be thin became more important to me than my desire to please God.
Romans 8:5-6 illustrates this well: “Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace…” (NIV 1984).
Note the contrast. Which of the two mindsets best describes you?
What is your mind set on? Who is controlling you?
We are halfway through the season of Lent – a perfect time to set our heart, mind and soul to draw nearer to God. At the beginning of each week during the rest of this Lenten season, let’s decide what we’re going to do to get to know our Heavenly Father better.
While we’re spending our time with God, let’s ask Him to help us look at what is filling our thoughts (and what’s driving us) – and pray for His help, wherever we need it.
If we pursue this plan, week by week, our lives will reflect greater focus, peace and joy. Most of all, we will know our Father on a deeper level and will feel closer to our Savior. Then we can celebrate Easter like never before.
Sheryl H. Boldt is the author of TodayCanBeDifferent.net. You can email Sheryl at sherylhboldt@gmail.com.
-Sheryl H. Boldt