The Purpose of Lent
The promise of Easter, the purpose of Lent
To straighten the crooked and strengthen the bent
For fasting and prayer, and almsgiving too
Surely will straighten while strengthening you
Don't lose in a moment, what weeks took to learn
Or little will be of the blessing you earn
Make a change for the better, abandon old ways,
Be disciplined now for the rest of your days
The joy of the feast is in keeping the fast
The days of the lazy are now in the past
For men should be strong and accustomed to pain
In order for more of His grace to obtain
The Easter we look for is yet far ahead
And now is a Lent, until we are dead
So feast when permitted, but fast when the norm,
As a house upon rock, you will weather the storm.
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