A closer walk with thee

BISCUITS. If you ask me what I’m giving up for Lent, the answer is always the same. As Lent begins this week, we each start our preparations for Easter – a journey that will once again take us back to the sacrifice of the cross and the awesome joy of the Resurrection.

Giving something up, if you choose to, is an act that can help you along that journey. This issue of Salvationist suggests a range of resources that may also prove useful to you in your devotions and reflections.

Accompanying them is an array of journeys, as people from different walks of life reflect on their path with God. Some of these paths have led to leadership or local officership, but they each share a common starting point: an intentional act of giving up their will and choosing to follow God’s way.

This involves sacrifice and obedience, and there will be challenges on the way. But each person’s story reminds us that there is also joy, healing and grace in God’s guidance, as he helps us keep our eyes on the road ahead – and, daily walking close to Jesus, the blessing of life in all its fullness that even biscuits cannot compare with.

IVAN RADFORD MANAGING

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