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Lent

Filed under: Books and Reading,Christianity — 2/6/2008 @ 9:48 pm

I have given up romance novels for Lent. 40 days. And, I’ll have you know, I have three unread romance novels in my bedroom at this time. And they will remain unread.

I am not sure what the point of Lent is, except to learn that you can give up things. But I am doing that.

2 Comments »

  1. Suzi:

    I gave up romance books for Lent. I didn’t know what that would mean, but I wanted to do something. If you will notice, about a week later I started the One Month to Live series. I have had more time to study, to read, to worship… Thank you, God.

  2. My Own Thoughts » Blog Archive » Lenten sacrifice: Romance novels:

    [...] Here I decided to give up reading romance novels for Lent. It was such a leap of faith, because I don’t have a lifetime of experiences with Lent. But it has been a blessing. I’ve done more reading and praying. Maybe because that time of romance novels was filled with Jesus. [...]

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