Lent: Day 2

Lord, as the season of Lent started yesterday I never really confirmed before You what I have chosen to sacrifice in this season, hopefully to sacrifice it for good. I'm truly trying to give up excess this Lent season, having more than I should. One tangible way that I'm going to measure that is by the food that I eat. I am going to refuse any second helpings these next 40 days, well, and I'll probably include Sundays in that since I'm really trying to make this a life habit.

I'm hoping that this helps me with excess in all areas. I'm prone to fits of "passion" where I simply become obsessed with something and spend all my time doing that thing. Reading poetry, watching basketball, thinking about tennis, etc. It's not because I have to but simply because I get so easily carried away with things. I know that I could also end up piling up stuff and enlarging my kingdom because I could end up buying to excess. So I pray that You are with me in my quest to cut the fat, both literally and figuratively.

This morning, I also want to pray for Exodus. It's been a long while since we've had a chance to truly plan, and tomorrow we get that chance. Please help the meeting to go well, and for us to accomplish much together. It would really be awesome if we could get deliverance and community Sundays planned for much of the year. It would be awesome if we knew where some of the topics were going for the rest of the year. It would be awesome to have those things down and start praying for them regularly.

Finally, You are amazing. It was so much fun to snuggle with my wife last night. It was so much fun to chase my son around the dining room last night and play the drums with him on the floor. Any time that I think of my family, I feel overly blessed. This is one area where I appreciate Your excess. I even have frustrations with them right now (Courtney's over-busy because of Pampered Chef and Gideon is clingy to his mommy because he doesn't spend enough time with her on her work nights), but despite these I can't imagine anything better. Lord, thank You!

May this season continue to be full of Your light. Amen.