Lent. As a child, my parents raised me in a Lutheran church
and in a Catholic family. Annually, we would practice prayer, penance, and
repentance during the 6 weeks between Ash Wednesday and Easter. During this
time, you were supposed to step out in faith. To build your faith, you either
selected to give up a bad habit or add a good habit. They say it takes 6 weeks
to make something a habit….
I haven’t practiced Lent, in a while, because the Baptist
community celebrates the life and death of Christ differently. Regardless, I am
up for ANY reason to build my faith. For the next six weeks, I am going to rely
on my prayer life and relationship with God to help build my health. My clutch
in life is sweets! Sure, I eat lots of bad foods, but my largest battle during
this diet is desserts! Even though I preach “delayed gratification”, I fall
short with sweets.
Also, I am going to spend this time seeking God, not
Facebook. This one is rough, BUT it is much needed. There will be days where I
read about other’s lives more than I invest in creating my own life. Facebook
is dangerously addicting! I am keeping my instagram open for photos. I guess I
don’t use istagram that often, and I am not obsessed with it! MAYBE we can have
a lower cell phone bill because I won’t use so much data…. J
Assuming you participate in Lent, what are you giving up?
What are you doing to better your health? What are you doing to build your relationship
with God?
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