the more excuses i make for not giv­ing some­thing up, the big­ger the rea­son i have to give it up. in con­ver­sa­tion with a friend it dawned on us; lent isnt about giv­ing up whats con­ve­nient, its not even about a time for oppor­tu­ni­ties to bet­ter your self (because lets face it, if you were really wait­ing for lent to make your self bet­ter you suck). it’s first real­iz­ing how filled our desires are with wordly things, shed­ding light as to how our desires no longer yearn for heaven, but for com­fort. then when we finally do get to that state of empti­ness, star­va­tion & des­per­a­tion are we united in Christ’s suffering.

God + me + des­o­la­tion = Lent.