Search for Truth

'"Now I am going to him who sent me."

Last week I started a series on the season of Lent. To refresh your memory, or catch you up to speed, Lent is a time where we pause, reflect, and prepare.  A time to ask ourselves how are we doing with Jesus and a time to start fresh.

Lent is time to reflect on how great God’s love truly is! 

Reading in John 16, Jesus starts off with a very powerful statement –

“I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away.”

What is Lent?

Lent is a period of time, 40 days, before Easter Sunday where Christians take time to pause, reflect, and prepare for the celebration of Jesus Christ's victory over sin and death by way of His death and resurrection.

Many fast and pray as a way to prepare. Not all Christian denominations make it a practice but still encourage their congregations to recognize this season as a special time for followers of Jesus to take time to reflect on what He has done on our behalf and to spend time self evaluating how we are doing with Jesus.

Lent is also a time of renewal - a renewal of our commitment to our loving Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

"A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again;

but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise."

Buddha

When studying Buddhism over the years, I have found it to be one of deep philosophical thought. Buddha - like many other great thinkers and religions understand that a human's mind is composed of :

emotions, intellect and will, but in Buddhism - the mind is the key to ones eternity - not an external god.

Understanding the human experience through the eyes of God and His word has always been a passion of mine - even since I was a young girl. I would always ask really challenging questions to my pastors and even debate them if what I was told things that didn't sit right - not because I disrespected them - it's just that I have always had a passion to pursue truth and learn and understand people, life, and the world better through God's eyes.

Maybe you have noticed that as we have been going through the world religions so far that there are some similarities between the Christian faith and other religions. Islam and Christianity both believe in an eternal Creator God and a judgment to come after death. Judaism and Christianity both worship the same God - yet Judaism rejects Jesus as God's Son and Savior to all mankind. Both…