The Weight of Being Right

As we move through Lent and seek to "return to God with all our heart," we often face a stubborn obstacle: our need to be right. In a culture where debate and self-justification are everywhere, we often cling to being right. And in holding tight, we leave little room for grace to reach us.  We focus on the faults of others to avoid facing our own, turning even our own virtues into walls that separate us from God.

This week, consider "fasting" from the need to be right and the urge to judge our neighbours. Returning to God means coming with the humility of the tax collector who could only pray, "God, be merciful to me, a sinner!" When we stop defending our own goodness, we finally become still enough to hear God.

Practice letting go of criticism and from the quiet instinct to protect your ego. At the foot of the Cross, we all stand on equal ground—where what matters is not our own rightness, but the righteousness and grace Christ freely gives us. 

At the foot of the cross - we are on equal ground.