Day 48 and Lent has started .....so .......I've got a headache!
The first day for a while I haven't had either a diet soda or chocolate! Hey ....that's why I run - junk food!!
Now I know its little - deny oneself soda and chocolate for 40 days, compared to what we are participating in - a 40 day preparation in walking to the cross of Christ and to His glorious resurrection. So denying food as part of that preparation seems rather timid if not rather trivial. But it's been the tradition of the Church for centuries in denying yourself something physical as part of your Lentin preparation.
So .....one day down, thirty-nine to go.
That's my intentional follow of today - read some of Matthew's Gospel and say no to the soda at lunch and the cookie at coffee break time.....always remembering why I'm not enjoying myself ....helping me walk towards Easter.
If i keep it up imagine the celebration on Easter and ......if I run so I can eat junk here's hoping my running improves over the next 39 days as well! (Are you allowed to have personal gainthrough Lent as well or do I need to compensate the lack of junk by finding other junk to eat and stay a runner with a slight belly???)
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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