Not Just for Lent

Not just for lent are we called to spend
our day-to-day in prayer and fasting.
To give up stuff that holds us back
from the daily consecrated living.

Not just for lent are we to strive
to do the things Christ called us to.
To deny ourselves, take up our cross,
and follow him all the way through.

Not just for lent are we called to surrender
the destructive habits to which we cave.
To turn them over to God almighty, who
alone has the power to forgive and to save.

Not just for lent are we to always seek
first God's kingdom and righteousness.
To pant after Him who alone can and
will satisfy our yearnings for holiness.

Not just for lent, not just for lent,
but every day of our lives,
we must present our bodies
to God, as a living sacrifice.

Let's keep praying and encouraging each other to do so every day.