Lent won’t save you
Perhaps no one really believes giving up coffee or cookies forgives their sins. But do we see a Lenten discipline as an act of will?
Yesterday I issued my usual pre-Lent reminder: no matter how hard you fail or how well you succeed in keeping your Lenten discipline the failing or the succeeding will not save you. It’s a regular warning I issue; mostly because it fits with the pithiness of social media.
But then came the question, “Don’t people already know that?”
This came in various forms but essentially the questions boiled down to the idea that no one really believes their Lenten discipline will make them right with their Lord and Savior.
