OK so some days I just don’t get time to write coherently. (No wisecracks!) But the last three days have sorely tested my resolve. I LIKE to nosh on crunchy things while I work. I LIKE my desserts! And in case you haven’t noticed, the snack machines do not specialize in healthy food when I want something to tuck in the corners on my way to bed after on-call.
I survived not eating chips at a Game Night at church last weekend. I didn’t eat dessert tonight when Reedy Girl made a fresh batch of baklava (whimper). I confess that eating apple cake for breakfast and calling it “coffee cake” was indeed disingenuous. But for the most part, I have stayed away from the verboten foods.
The sad part is that I could justify “why” it would be OK to have these foods. But none of them would be legitimate. And God knows I do not need the excess calories. So with a sigh and big “PHOOEY!!!” I made it through the first week of Lent.
I don’t feel very virtuous. Just whiny.
I hate attitude checks.
An Unfinished Symphony 
I gave up Lent for Lent. I know it’s not the purpose of it all, but it seemed SO much easier that way! 🙂
Good job! Keep it up!
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your writing is a blessing to me!
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Giving up something for Lent, and then yearning for that something, is an invitation to remember that this is the season to reflect on who we are and what we are about as Christians…whenever you yearn for you what you have given up you have a “prompt” to redirect your thinking to the various ways that you are broken or cause brokenness and how you can be an agent of healing…..at least that’s what I think….
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Terri, that’s always been my thought process too. And truly – something as “minor” as junk food and desserts making me so whiny? Yeah. It’s a cause to pause and be reminded of how broken sin makes us all. Self included.
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