Letting Go
This year I chose to devote some time focused on the Lent season leading up to Easter. I honestly couldn't recall the last time I spent time focused on Lent and had to consider what it is and what it meant to me. I understood it to be the time frame representing the 40 days that Jesus spent wandering in the wilderness before he began his public ministry. I have heard over the years from friends choosing to give up or abstain from something in their lives to help them better focus and grow in their walk with the Lord. I have done something similar at several points in my life over the years, but nothing really significant in terms of giving something up that wasn't material or tangible. This year is different in one way in particular, the loss of my Mom in January. I am coming up to a lot of first's without her, including Easter. Easter holds a really special place in my life because it was during the Easter season in 1979 that I accepted Jesus into my heart and bec