{"id":3784,"date":"2012-04-07T23:00:55","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T06:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=3784"},"modified":"2012-04-08T00:39:43","modified_gmt":"2012-04-08T07:39:43","slug":"what-ive-learned-this-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=3784","title":{"rendered":"What I’ve Learned This Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"

This would have been up sooner but I spent much of yesterday evening in the Pediatric ER at UCD Medical Center<\/a> with Daniel after he suffered a febrile seizure. (Translation: he spiked a fever really quickly and it triggered a seizure.) I was telling the paramedics that it was ironic that I was in an ambulance because I’d been in one three years earlier when they were having to transfer me to Great Falls to have my emergency c-section.<\/p>\n

So… this is what I’ve learned this Lent:<\/p>\n

[+] My taste in worship music is not strictly Protestant.<\/strong> It might be that I have more Catholic readers than Protestant these days but a lot of my Catholic friends liked my favorite hymns and worship songs or had some interesting commentary on them. I shouldn’t be surprised because some of those hymns are pretty universal but some of it did surprise me in a good way.<\/p>\n

[+] I really need to get a subscription to Sojourners<\/a> magazine.<\/strong> I could seriously write pages of commentary on every article that appears on my Facebook<\/a> wall or in my email. It’s wonderful to find like-minded people and a like-minded publication because I seem to defy all labels as to what kind of Christian I am.<\/p>\n

[+] I get by with a little help from my friends.<\/strong> It’s been a Lent full of humbling myself and asking people to pray for me when I knew I was going to be dealing with some really hard things. In exchange, I’ve prayed for other friends when they’ve expressed the need for prayer. It’s been a blessing to pray for others and to receive their prayers which isn’t surprising but still an awesome thing.<\/p>\n

[+] I am seriously a broken person.<\/strong> I struggle with jealousy, anger, pride, and trust issues when it comes to my relationship with God. Some of this was blogged out and other things were dealt with over Twitter<\/a> or on Facebook<\/a>. None of this is surprising — I wouldn’t be utterly dependent on the Cross if I had the capacity to be perfect.<\/p>\n

[+] There is more worship music out there on YouTube<\/a> than I thought.<\/strong> I had no idea that my favorite Communion hymn<\/a> was out there or that a lot of my other favorite songs had multiple videos. Such an awesome discovery.<\/p>\n

[+] I learned a lot about my faith and how far I’ve come.<\/strong> I don’t think I could have dealt with Daniel’s seizure yesterday if I hadn’t dealt with his traumatic birth and the hospital stay last year. Yes, I was sobbing when the paramedics arrived and when they were loading us into the ambulance. However, I persevered and Daniel is OK.<\/p>\n

[+] I learned how completely awesome Tim Hawkins<\/a> is.<\/strong> Christians need to learn how to laugh at each other and how to laugh at ourselves. Tim does a great job with that.<\/p>\n

I’ll post something for Easter Sunday tomorrow but I wanted to do kind of a review here on Holy Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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