Was Ash Wednesday (or Lent) really about "giving" something up, or was it more about "taking" something up? As humans we tend to think of discipline or self denial as "giving up" rather than the discipline of "taking up." Jesus said that true denial of self was "taking up the cross and following..." Is it a traditional cop-out to just give up something we like, rather than taking up something that's way out of our comfort zone? Perhaps grace and faith is about filling our lives with more of HIM, which will naturally push the other stuff out anyhow.
I dunno -- It's just a thought.
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