Day 1: Introduction

Hey! So I'm Faith and today is my first day of Lent. Many people only do Lent because they see other people doing it, and think the only thing they have to do is give up something for 40 days. I will admit to doing the same thing as well. Last year I decided to give up cussing, which was good but there was really no point. Because a couple days afterwards I was back to cussing again...
Anyways, my point is this: There is a purpose to lent. Now I am NOT an expert on lent. To be honest I had never even heard of lent until high school when I saw all my white friends (I went to private school) on Ash Wednesday with a strange mark on their forehead. Of course I asked and they told me they had to give up something for 40days. So I thought "Oh everyone else is doing it, I should too!" WRONG.

After doing some thinking, I realized that lent is just like fasting. When most people think of fasting they think not eating for days. Which is the case sometimes, but that is not the point. The point of fasting is basically to get closer to God. Spending time meditating on His word. You basically want to build a strong(er) relationship with God. I have never fasted but my dad does it often and I have a few friends who have done it. But what they have told me is that fasting does not mean not eating. You give up somthing that could distract you or even prevent you from creating that strong relationship with God. For me, that thing is social networks (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc) Im at the point where it's the first thing I look at in the morning, and the last thing I look at night. It's ridiculous. I have to see what other people (a majority of these people I don't even care that much about) are talking about before I even thank God for waking me up in the morning! That's sad!

So for me I am not going to say that I'm doing lent, I am FASTING. I am FASTING from Social Networking Sites. I feel that if I take out SNS I can establish a closer relationship with God. And since that is DEFINTELY what I need in my life right now I know I'm making the right decision. 

What am going to do is spend mored time meditating on God's word (on my Bible app I have something called 40 Days of lent, which is 47 days in length and each day are scriputures that trace Jesus' steps during his last week of earthly ministries). Am going to start slow with the SNS fasting and for 6 wks I am going to decrease my amount of time on SNS

Week 1: No more than 4 times a day
Week 2: No more than 3 times a day
Week 3: No more than 2 a day
Week 4: Once a day
Week 5-6: none

Yes, my SNS addiction is that bad, and I have no problem admitting that. But what I have decided to do is during the times I want to get on a SNS I am going to open my Bible and/or blog. That way my meditation will increase. Some people might think this is stupid, sad, ridiculous, etc. but to be honest it's really not about you it's about God and me. If you want to support me please do, if not then that's fine too. Everyday I will try and post my scriptures with some notes that I take, feel free to comment and things =)

Day 1: Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11 (to be cont.)