Lent is not something that my family has done before, but my wife decided she needed to do something for a change, so she is giving up a bit of online media for the period from Feb 22 to April 6. The kids and I have chosen to follow her example and giving up my gaming, discord, and the like, so I will not be here for at least the next 40 days. Peace be with you till we meet again.

did you do it for the whole 40 days?
what difference did it make for you all?

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I won't speak to how well the rest of my family did, but yes, I didn't play for the full time and a little extra on each end- plus for the last half cut out most movies/tv too-
For me, the difference- at home, I did more reading, which in my mind, it is difficult to really feel like that was much of a change, reading a bit of litRPG or fantasy vs playing SL or Clash of Clans- not sure of the tradeoff- but it is different-
The main difference was at work- since there may be occasional times when I check on my games- instead of doing that I tried to take care of some projects that I had been envisioning- so it was particularly beneficial in that aspect-

So overall- I think it was good- figure it is something I could incorporate yearly, though I might try to implement some additional scripture study, that could replace some of the fiction reading to boost my spiritual aspect compared to my typical week-

I have had a number of religious leaders in my life that had different takes on Lent.
One of them was adamant that giving up something like chocolate was just pushing self-denial and didn't lead to spiritual growth; his focus was giving up something that distracts one from the Christian path (something like overuse of alcohol, etc.) and/or adding something like reading scripture or even a daily walk in the woods to help move in that direction. He also tended to treat Advent as kind of a mini-Lent, in order to have a more welcoming heart.
I have grown to adopt that pattern for Lent
Of course, in a perfect world, those life changes will last beyond Lent...

I think romans 14 is quite relevant to this. If doing it brings a good outcome then do it. Personally I would like to do something for lent but I always just get too busy or distracted.
its also interesting to note the similarities between lent and ramadan.

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21:14:15 | Arcanix has been defeated by shaphan.