And so I begin

So, as I was reflecting, wondering, and pondering about what to give up for Lent I found myself challenging a friend to give up Facebook. "Giving up Facebook seems like such a hard thing to do", she told me; I replied that I had done it previously, but then I found myself wondering--what would it be like this year? It seems so difficult? Yet would it be a positive way of trimming back, of giving myself more margin, of forcing myself to focus more? Perhaps....I wonder.

And as I kept musing and chewing on this idea another thought came to me--what would it be like to journey intentionally through Lent this season by writing about it. Another friend at church this day suggested that I perhaps write a blog and I told him about a cooking idea I had--which may or may not be actualized at some point in the near future :), I explained that I wanted to have a reason to write a blog. I wanted it to be intuitional, about a certain event.

And so, I turned to Lent. And thought, perhaps as I am intenitionally fasting from one form of constant technology; perhaps this will push me to also intentionally reflect on why I am fasting, and what I am fasting for! Because, the more I sit with Jesus, the more I realize that he calls us not only to fast from something, but also to fast for something--we fast in order to know Jesus better; we fast in order to draw closer to God's heartbeat for the world; we fast so that we might be deeper in tune with his song.

And, so I begin my fast.