EP17: Lenten Reflections Part 2: My Midlife Journey with Christ

Midlife isn’t a crisis. For Scott Asmar, it’s a call to persevere with faith, purpose, and a renewed connection to Christ.

In this episode, Scott shares how his relationship with Christ has shaped his understanding of perseverance. He looks at the Lenten season not as a duty, but as a chance to reset, adding intention back into our spiritual lives and reconnecting with the commitments we so often lose sight of after the new year begins.

Scott opens up about the difficult seasons that tested him: childhood loneliness, personal loss, parenting challenges. What helped him keep going? A growing faith, a clearer sense of purpose, and the decision to turn toward God instead of away. He shares a conversation with a friend who faced unthinkable hardship and chose to draw closer to Christ in the aftermath, a reminder that we all face that same choice when life doesn’t go as planned.

With scripture from James 1:12 and a powerful reflection found in an old church cookbook, Scott invites listeners to reframe Lent as a time for both fasting and feasting, for trading worry for trust, and frustration for gratitude. How do we keep moving forward when everything feels heavy? Where do we find strength when we’re running low? This episode points back to faith as the answer, even when the questions feel overwhelming.

Quotes

• “One aspect of keeping our goals, one aspect of moving forward is perseverance. And we can see that in the Bible.” (02:37 | Scott Asmar)
• “And I look back at my challenges in life, my trials, and how did I get through those? And at the time, I probably didn’t really realize it, but it was through the grace of God who strengthens me.” (07:49 | Scott Asmar)
• “When tragedy, a trial, a tribulation of this magnitude happens, there are two ways you can go. You can either go away, you can either take the path and go away from God, or use that, get yourself closer to God.” (09:56 | Scott Asmar)
• “It is this time that I don’t worry, try not to worry, and I give it to God and literally say, let go and let God.” (12:44 | Scott Asmar)
• “Fast from discouragement. Feast on hope. Fast from suspicion. Feast on truth. Fast from thoughts that weaken. Feast on promises that inspire.” (15:47 | Scott Asmar)

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