My lenten sacrifice

With Ash Wednesday being tomorrow, I thought I would get some of my experiences with Lent on here. Most of the time in high school I would give up pop for the 40 days. I remember giving up hats a couple of times in college. I think last year I gave up playing my DS, but did buy a DSi the last week and play that some.

I remember the only time I went to church when I was in college was the Ash Wednesday when I was living in the dorms. The sermon was about practicing your faith in a public place and not being a type of closet follower. I really liked that message, that is one of the few sermon messages I remember.

I thought for a while about what I was going to give up for Lent this year. I don’t drink pop all that often. I haven’t drank any alcohol since new years. I don’t cuss excessively. I don’t eat a bunch of candy or a bunch of junk food. I go to church more than ever and now donate 1% of the church’s weekly need every service I go to. I am pretty good about not eating meat on Fridays, I really like cheese pizza and fish type foods.

After some deliberation on what I should take out of my life to show how appreciative I am of what Jesus did for me, I came up with something. I decided that I am going to give up facebook for Lent. I spend to much time on that site not doing anything anyways. The only friends I really like or want to talk to have my number or instant message screen names. Tonight I am going to make such an announcement on my status, and be absent for at least the next 40 something days.

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