It takes a lot of energy to keep the ledger sheet balanced in our personal lives. Keeping scores can ruin our loves, our families, our work, our Church. . For many, Lent brings with it precisely these feelings of burden. Ironically, religious debt is something Jesus was firmly against. He frequently dealt with people in debt.
Joyful obedience is a neat oxymoron.
It neatly describes the paradox of daily Christian living. We can joyfully bear the discipline of a spiritual life, because we have a Savior who died so that our burdens would be lifted. Forgive us our debts. As we enter the Lenten season, consider who can be released from your debt. Release your debtors and free yourself in the process.