Lent is a time of repentence, a time for turning back to God.
During college, fasting was something I did regularly, and with relative ease. I'm not fasting from food today or during the rest of Lent, though. I've decided, for various reasons, to give up something which has a much greater pull on my mind and heart - TV. Sadly, I already feel a sense of loss, knowing that I can't go home and watch The Simpsons after work.
My overall approach is that of taking up something (prayer, spiritual reading), rather than viewing this as a time of deprivation and punishment. Instead of distracting myself with humorless sitcoms and endless un-reality shows, I hope to free up the time to refocus my attention on God. Perhaps then I will regain a bit of the intimacy I feel I've lost over the years. Perhaps I will come to trust God once again.
The plan: read more. pray more. write in my journal (and blog). listen.
Posted by rachel at February 25, 2004 01:38 PM