"Lent, in Christian tradition, is the period of the liturgical year leading up to Easter. The traditional purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer — through prayer, penitence, almsgiving and self-denial — for the annual commemoration during Holy Week of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the events linked to the Passion of Christ and culminates in Easter, the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ." [source: wikipedia.org]
as lent was starting, i began thinking of what to do for lent. in the past, i don't think what i did for lent really helped me prepare myself for Easter as i usually just gave up doing one of my bad habits, like playing video games or something. but this year, i really want to get back to the purpose of why we even go through lent. to spend the time in fasting and prayer, denying ourselves of things we enjoy for the sake of enjoying God who is even greater. with this purpose in mind i have committed to the following things.
- not eating until i spend time in the Word. lately, i've been convicted to read the Word a lot more and have a full knowledge of it. i have been realizing how much we tend to base our Christian faith on cliches or things we hear from other people (pastors, friends, etc.) and we really have no Biblical foundation for what we believe. so, not eating until i spend time in the Word will force me to read the Bible every day because i know how hard it will be for me not to eat every day, haha. i was originally going to include prayer in this commitment but i realized that sometimes i go to chapel at 10pm and that's really late.. haha. nevertheless, this leads into my next commitment.
- spend personal time in prayer every day.
- no facebook, twitter, googlebuzz
i was gonna explain why for 2 and 3 but this post has been unfinished for about a week now so i thought i might as well post it and maybe edit it later if i feel necessary. goodbye.
