Lent

I'm not sure what color represents Lent in the liturgical calendar, but I've made my font color choice and I'm sticking with it. In many ways the above sentence delineates exactly how I feel about things I want to give up for Lent this year. The color of my script means nothing compared to the message of my script, the words, the pictures, the parts of myself I reveal or choose to hide. Lent reminds me that sweets or YouTube videos, MacDonald's and Coca-cola are not what makes life rich and full. As obvious and Sunday school as that may sound, the truth is all of those things have at one time or another-even if in a minuscule way-been substitutes I have willingly chosen over abundant life. I am convicted and ashamed, yet refuse to stay there and choose to use Lent as a time to turn from such things and return to my first Love...