GIVE IT UP!

Posted March 17th, 2010 by admin

I have looked for the rational for “giving up something for Lent” and I get different answers where ever I look. So, here is the Thomas revised and reedited version.

We are so busy in this world in which we live that we often “meet ourselves coming.” We are bombarded from all directions with messages from without competing for our attention and our time. Voices every where call us to such busyness, that we often loose ourselves in attempting to respond to their needs. Such a fast and furious pace in which we live!

Lent provides us an opportunity to “give up” some of this busyness so that we can better reflect on the phenomenal gift of faith that God has granted us. “Giving up” for Lent is much more than giving up candy or beets or something we love in sacrifice. “Giving up” for Lent is laying down those things that come between us and the God who loves us. Seeing more clearly and thereby reclaiming our gift of Christ is the true objective of “giving it up” for Lent.

This is not just a simple annual ritual. It is removing barriers, any barriers, which prevent you from seeing and experiencing anew the beauty of this gift of faith which nurtures and sustains us through out our lives. As you “give it up”, may this season of Lent be a wonderful season of rediscovery for each of you.

Blessings, Steve