Lent

Within the last year or so, Kyle and I have been working on growing together spiritually. For many years we didn't know which path to choose. We were both confused and lost. Around the same time, God came to us in different ways to let us know that we need Him in our lives. We started communicating that we felt His calling. A calling to change and a calling to pray. 

So that's what we did. We told each other that we had been praying separately: in the car, in the shower, privately before bed. That's when I suggested we pray together. Out loud. We were shy about it and never really came out with the words. Until the last few months. One night I really needed a prayer. I needed to hear my husband give my worries to God. So he did. He prayed over us. Since then, he has tried to pray over us every night before bed. 

Lent is now upon us. Kyle asked me Sunday if we should participate and what we should give up. I thought about it and suggested fast food. He cringed slightly with the belief that we couldn't do it or that it would be too hard. I quickly reminded him that would be exactly the reason to try it. 40 days and 40 nights without one of our biggest weaknesses! 

Fast food has a lot of control over us. We are lazy. When we don't want to cook or look in the fridge, Mc Donald's calls  our names and we quickly answer! It also does a lot of damage to our dear friend Nancy. I'm appalled when I look at how much money is spent on our eating out budget! Around $250 is dedicated to eating out! Some of that actually goes to a sit down restaurant or two, but more often than not it goes to a "Wanna get Chick-Fil-A?" Wednesday dinner. 

So that's where we landed. We have many reasons to choose this path:

1. We are choosing to not be lazy with our choices. 

2. We are choosing to be nicer to Nancy and not blow our money on something that isn't good for us!

3. We are doing this together to be the support system we both need for our terrible habit.

4. We are trying to grow our spiritual lives together by showing God we can give up something for Him that holds great power over us!

They say it takes about 30 days to form a habit. With 10 extra days, hopefully we can really establish a better routine!