Plans for Lent 2010

This year for Lent I've decided to do two things.

Before I tell you what I'm doing, I want to share something I learned this year...Lent is commonly know to be 40 days long, while the period of time between Ash Wednesday and Easter is actually 46 days. The six Sundays in Lent are not counted among the forty days because each Sunday represents a "mini-Easter", a celebration of Jesus' victory over sin and death.

The first thing I am doing for Lent is giving up Diet Coke (all soda really, but Diet Coke is what I drink 95% of the time.) Please note that I will give up Diet Coke for the full 46 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter. I think this is a good thing for me to give up for Lent, since I will miss it a great deal and it will affect my day to day life - as I'm predicting I'll be much more tired at the end of my day without the generous caffeine infusion I get from my regular 3-5 glasses of pop a day.

I found this photo online and thought the added "completely addicted" was a fairly honest representation of my current relationship with Diet Coke!

The other thing that I am doing for Lent is giving something away each of the official 40 days of Lent. I will try to blog each day to let you know what I give away that day and any observations that I have about the experience. I look forward to sharing this journey with you all.