Allison Gingras works for WINE: Women In the New Evangelization as a WINE Steward tending the Virtual Vineyard including facilitating WINE book clubs and social media. Her ministry: ReconciledToYou.com. Allison authored The Gift of Invitation: 7 Ways Jesus Invites You into a Life of Grace, and is the host of A Seeking Heart with Allison Gingras on BreadboxMedia.com.
Hoping my lesson this Lent is … God does not seek perfection! He seeks a heart that seeks him. I definitely have A Seeking Heart (ha, pun intended). I may have failed to keep my Lenten promises and intentions perfectly, but my desire to do so never waned. Maybe what I have given up – or tried – is something I must continue to fast from, and the imperfect execution of Lent is illuminating how it should be fasted from always going forward. My fast does provide me much more time for the things of God especially the Grace Trifecta of prayer, sacrament, and scripture.