Daily Discipleship Guide for 18-MAR-2010

God reaches beyond propriety to limitless self-giving.  This is most exhibited in Jesus' life among the socially unwelcome, the disgraced, the one on the margin of society.


Lent is a time to ponder and receive the new life that God wants to give.  Jesus' stories about parties and banquets are both about a generous God who transforms life.


What is keeping you from being transformed?


What resistances do you have to God's transforming power in your life?


Imagine in Lent that personal disgrace may be transformed!  Our God is a God who continually stands ready to welcome the most socially unwelcome thoughts, habits, people, and actions.  When we accept his welcome, our lives are transformed!