Sacrifice

Today is Ash Wednesday or also commonly, the beginning of Lent. Christians don't really practice Lent but it does represent the 40 days of Christ fasting before his crucifixion.

I have also chosen to fast but not because it's Lent. But I am a Christian which means Christ-like. I try to live my life like Christ. He died on the cross so that I could live. He sacrificed Himself for me. So why can't I make a sacrifice?

So I am fasting on a few things until Easter.

One of those is caffeine. I've already had such a hard time with that today. I love to just sip on drinks. Tea and coffee have been my beverages of choice lately and I knew this would be tough. But day one wasn't so bad.

Facebook: giving you up. I find myself losing hours of my life browsing that thing. I should actually say all social networking I am fasting from. Blogging is not one of them or tweeting.

Video games: this one is tough also. I find myself playing those casual games on my iPhone a lot

Personal time: I value my personal time so much. So why not dedicate more of that time to God? It's what I'm doing. I'll be spending more time helping out the children's ministry, try to get involved in a life group, or maybe even help with services or Celebration coming up. I just want to serve the Lord!

Alcohol: nope, no way, no how. Must refrain from drinking you. Bad bad bad!

Spending or using credit cards: this I have to work on. Need to use the debit more often.

And there you have it folks. I want to live my life for God. I don't want to doubt that I lost my salvation!