Happy..... Lent?

Today is the first day of Lent. Previously being an active member of the catholic community this was always a huge deal growing up. We'd take some time to think about something we'd give up, wake up for mass on Ash Wednesday, and take the season to pray and repent.Now, as an adult who no longer is "catholic", I still take lent pretty seriously. The idea of giving something up for 40 days and put Jesus in place of that thing is great. I have a pretty solid spiritual life, but it's nice that for 40 days (and hopefully longer) I'm gonna take some of the junk out of my life and spend that time with the Lord.
More praying, more digging into the bible, and more time spent listening for answers. I like the idea of that.
I chose to give up "unnecessary junk". For example, exessive ammounts of time on facebook, slacking at work, slacking at home, fast food too often, spending money too often, watching too much tv. I can do all these things in moderation. I thought it 'd be cool to just do them LESS for the next 40 days. At first I was just going to give up Facebook, but let's get real... I'm not trying to set myself up for failure. Then I thought "Oh, I'll give up fast food again" (did it last year, went great) but now I am working three jobs and sometimes is it just REALLY REALLY hard to find any time to cook. So...no judging.  Anyway, "unnecessary junk" it is and it'll go great. :)

Do you "do lent"? Do you give anything up?

Hey, if you always wanted to do a new years resolution, but couldn't last the whole year Lent is a good time to do it. Hahaha.

Just a little backroung info without going too deep:
Lent (Latin: Quadragesima, "fortieth"^[1]) is the Christian observance of the liturgical year from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday.
The traditional purpose of Lent is the penitential preparation of the believer—through prayer, penance, repentance, almsgiving, and self-denial. Its institutional purpose is heightened in the annual commemoration of Holy Week, marking the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the events of the Passion of Christ on Good Friday, which then culminates in the celebration on Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Yes, this came directly from Wikipedia, but it's accurate.


Have a good Wednesday evening.
-Kuhn