Today is pancake day, one of the most exciting days of the year. As usual, I ate lots of pancakes (fun times)! However, tomorrow is the beginning of lent. Lent is a great opportunity to give up something that could threaten to become a distraction from God, and replace it with more time with Him. I have decided, therefore, to give up coffee for lent. A large portion of my morning routine revolves around brewing proper coffee in a French press. This can take me up to fifteen minutes. So I shall be replacing those fifteen minutes of brewing with fifteen minutes of prayer and reflection. Hopefully, though the grace of God, I won't be too grumpy. However, if I am a little off colour you have all be warned.
I have been listening to a very good song from one of Jars of Clay's earliest albums (also called Jars of Clay). The song, World's Apart, contains a deep and heartfelt plea: "Take my world apart". I am praying that this plea will become my own leading into this time of Lent, and eventually to Easter. If you get the chance check out the song World's Apart, and the whole album Jars of Clay; it comes with my most sincere recommendations.
I will leave you with a challenge. As lent begins, what distraction are you removing from your life? More importantly, what are you replacing it with?
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