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{{Today is Friday!!!  It is the day I link with Lisa Jo Baker for Five Minute Friday. Here is how it works…. One word prompt. Five minutes. No editing. Lots of women. Everyone writes on the same word.}}

Today’s word is …. Willing.

The perfect word for this Lent season.

Willing …. to consent to do something. It involves an intentional bending of one’s desires to give way to the desires of another. This can be hard for those who are strong-willed. For those who have strong desires or cravings.

I gave up bread for Lent. Sounds easy. But then last night, I sat across from my husband in one of our favorite restaurants and the rolls, two of them, arrived at our table. They are always warm and steamy, causing the butter to melt perfectly so that one’s taste buds are delighted with each and every bite. Yeah, I sat and watched them sit on the plate and then, go into my husband’s mouth. Both of them.

In that moment, I remembered I gave up bread so my focus would be on my greater need for The Bread of Life. This thought made me more willing, enthusiastic even, to press ahead, to be willing to pass up what was immediately in front of me.

Willing … I am beginning to understand….

  • Christ was willing to sacrifice for me.
  • He was willing to obey the Father, bending His will to cooperate with the will of His Father.
  • He had to be willing to focus on the eternal, willing to overlook the immediate.

Lent, this season of being willing to give up something in this immediate life, is so I would gain a better understanding of the eternal, which will last.

Today I am beginning to understand, ever so slightly, the struggle which lies within me and take to heart the words of Jesus Himself, spoken to the disciples….

Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing but the body is weak! (Matthew 26:41, NLT)

Lord, may I be willing in both spirit and body.

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