more this lent

Lent is the 40 weekday period between Ash Wednesday and Easter Day. It invites a time of humility, repentance, and soul searching as we draw closer to the passion of Christ.
But having said that, I often feel really apathetic about how vogue it is to give something up during Lent. And particularly when it’s usually something like chocolate!! I don’t knock those who give stuff up; more to the point I commend you but I want to know why. Does self-denial of whatever make you more mindful of Christ and His Way?

So, I ask the simple question:

Are you giving something up for Lent? What and Why?
For me, I don’t want to think of it as a giving up but rather a season of more deeply growing my life in God. In what way am I more compelled to grow in the ways of God?

I’d never want Lent to be reduced to the stuff we give up, more that I grow in Jesus. So over the next 40 days or so, I’ll trace 40 ways in which I’m growing with Jesus…… Feel free to share yours too!
And as for some of the specifics of my lent….. it’s basic stuff!….. more water, more sleep and more study!