I have been spending time in prayer this Lenten season. It’s been nice – the whole shift to prayer and restraint. After all, we all need to restrain ourselves at some or the other point in our lives. And we definitely need prayer.
I at least need it now at this point in my life. I realized – after I began to pray and spend some time in meditation – how meaningless all the porn and senseless sex I indulged in was. All of it suddenly took the form of a slab of concrete so dull in its appearance, I was wondering why ever did I deal with it in the first place.
I can say I have come full circle: From being spiritual to being gay to having mindless sex to discovering I am not gay to realizing I owe my existence to the Lord and He should be the rightful owner of my soul.
And so, these days, I spend as much time as I can rekindling the flame of the Lord in me – a flame that was ablaze a few years ago before I, or rather my reckless irresponsibility, began to make its existence difficult in me.
It now glows with a warmth I have never felt before. It nurtures in me the spirit of sanctity of mind and body. It has helped me overcome temptation in ways I never knew were that simple in their mannerism.
The flame of the Lord is a light to the soul indeed. It burns bright within me and warms my soul into a gentle understanding of a Being divine in Its persona and kind and loving in Its nature.
And I know that This Being is none other than The Lord Himself.
Truly, this Lent, I am close to Him than I ever was before…
