THE EIGHTH DAY OF LENT 2021

Just this far in makes me realize how much a commitment it really is when one obligates themself to write every single day.  I supposed I would - but without that commitment, it is really easy not to follow through with my good intentions. 

I am being joined by 45 people who have let me know they are committed to the daily journey of reading through LEAD ME TO THE CROSS at least through Resurrection/ Easter.  I am hoping most of them will continue on past Lent, but for now the first leg of the journey is a satisfactory goal.  It warms my heart to have so many pilgrims traveling with me, as it were.   

It's not to late to join us!  Matthew provides an excellent foundation for our intentional journey to the cross - and beyond.  

Third Day of Lent - LEAD ME TO THE CROSS!

 It's Friday!  I am thrilled that over 30 friends, family and a few ladies who are friends of my daughters are joining me on the journey this year.  Daily Discipline.  Daily read of a Bible passage and the entries in the Devotional writings.  Daily immersing ourselves in an intentional journey of "being disciples."  If you haven't committed to do this with us - it's not too late!  And may God richly bless those who read and digest what God speaks to them over this 2021 period of Lent.  

We got our second Covid-19 vaccines this afternoon.  My arm hurts.  Again.  That's okay.  It just tells me it was the real deal and will make a difference.  That's what I want - to BE the real deal and make a difference.  I cannot change the whole world, but I can make a difference in mine!   

Ash Wednesday 2021

My book was printed last July and I sent out almost all of my 250 copies to friends and family, and then finally got it downloaded to Amazon as an eBook.  Now it is time to dive in.  

Matthew 1 is the chapter for today.  My entry in the book for today is long, but that is understandable because the genealogy is long, and there are so many interesting people in it. 

3 defined sections. 14 generations in each section. Amazing that God planned it all out so precisely.  And planned so carefully who would be represented in the half of the DNA Jesus inherited from his mother. He would have had only 23 of her chromosomes, and the other 23 that would normally be the father's were he born solely of man would be missing.  Fully God and fully human.  A mystery beyond comprehension.  

FAT TUESDAY - DIVING INTO LENT

In 2010 I wrote daily throughout Lent in this blog.  In 2018 when I was undergoing my 28 days of radiation treatment I gathered the entries into a document that I could share easily with a few friends and family members, and in 2020 I edited it, wrote additional entries for after Easter (leading to Ascension, Pentecost, and beyond), and created a book titled LEAD ME TO THE CROSS.  I have mailed hard copies to most of my family and closest friends, and as of December 2020 it is also available on Amazon as a Kindle eBook.  If you look for LEAD ME TO THE CROSS by Lola Rice Cain you will find it, just in case you see this and want to go on the journey with me this year. 

Today's reading is titled FAT TUESDAY.  Tomorrow we dive in.  When I first wrote the blog I learned what a special spiritual adventure it is to be intentional about reading every day as a discipline leading us to Resurrection.  We need that journey more than ever this year.  

Lead me to the cross....