Easter was fabulous; General Conference was amazing and it was a lovely way to start Easter - lounging in our pj's, kids blitzed out on chocolate and prophets and apostles speaking in the living room; I love cable.
My Lent experience was different than I expected. I learned something about myself and about Lent. First, I love facebook. I have missed hearing about my friends and connecting, even in just short little blurps. I also missed all these darn blogs. I miss my computer friends. In all, I don't think I'm going to give up all my internet passtimes again, but I think it was a good thing to give up once.
Secondly, I have learned that Lent is a lot like fasting; it's less about what you're giving up and more about what you are replacing it with. While I found that I had more time in general and my husband complained less on my being plugged into a computer, I didn't feel more overtly spiritual than I do on any other given day of the year. I found that I need to be better about adding the spiritual components to my life - in particular, regular prayer and scripture study.
Thirdly, I discovered that the pangs of Lent are similar to the pangs of fasting in that they remind me, "Hey - shouldn't you be thinking about God?" And I loved that. I find myself having more conversations with God throughout the day and I have found myself - while not quite perfectly regular in regards to the prayer and scripture study - more attentive to that part of my life.
So, moving forward, I am back on Facebook and back here and even back robbing people on Mafia Wars - although I must admit that some of the appeal of that game has waned. And I am still having convoluted and dramatically crushing thoughts that I would love to share....but not this morning. I'm finding myself a bit to drained and I'm sure that whatever I typed would come out being overly maudalin, even for me.
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