[insert your life here]

I am giving up several things this month. The tradition is to forgo sweets: those have little hold on me. Instead God placed it upon my heart to waive MSN messenger. It was rather depressing blocking all the little green men whom I love talking with. They were like no smoking signs except they said:

no carly (10 days...)
no Jenny
no Mom
no muck
no purple monkey
no Sarah.....

It's only for a few weeks... and there are other ways to communicate.

There's subtraction, what of addition? I have already mentioned it before: 15-20 minutes in silence and communion with God. Since I find light rather distracting I wait for the still of the midnight hour on campus then steal away to the pond (scum free for 2 months!). The pond is an ideal location for two reasons: one, it's right by the security shack, and two, the serenity of the pond and the amazing view of the sky.

Last night God told me of one more area to subtract from my life for the time of Lent. Though I won't tell you plainly of this, it's something closer to my heart than the stars and the ocean. But till Easter it's time to refocus on God and listen attentively for His voice in all the subdivisions of my life.

leah.