I'm not sure if there is a Lenten practice more misunderstood than that old 'I'm giving up'.......one, to which one fills in the blank with something like chocolate, candy, alcohol, tobacco, dessert, or whatever.....
This is NOT to say that there is no value to 'giving up________for Lent', but rather that any religious practice which becomes customary or habitual runs the risk of simply not being thought through. This is NOT limited to Lenten devotions of any one church. This tendency is there well beyond Lent in all denominations, in all religions.....
BEWARE OF IT!.............
Yet, I WILL suggest that 'giving up' properly understood can serve many useful spiritual functions...
Do you think so? If so, would you mind explaining? Same thing, if not....
I'll develop this more as we go through Lent....
PB
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