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Last night I went to my very first hockey game. It was cool (in more ways than one). The Titans (our team) lost in sudden death over time. In the back of a red chevrolet hatchback, which on a good day could comfortably seat two people, Mish, Jess, Addilyn and I played our own version of musical chairs while our ride and his friend bought slurpees with dimes from their friend Rabbi at Mac's. There were only minor injuries and Rabbi didn't seem to mind the dimes so much...

I have been thinking about Lent and all the commitments people have made around school. My neighbors aren't listening to secular music, another isn't eating after 800, and many have eliminated sweets. What happens when Easter comes and we have fulfilled our promises to God? Last year I stopped watching TV for a month and haven't enjoyed it since. God changes our desires when we give addictions and pleasures up to Him. I gave up the pleasure of msn and an addiction. All week I have been struggling with more addictions and pleasures in my life and find I could do much better without them. I am restricting myself more. How Long? At least till Easter, but I don't expect to enjoy them the same ever again.

This morning I finished reading the book of Acts. What zest those apostles had! Zest, I tell you! Here's a passage that has convicted me:

Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed their evil deeds. A number who had practiced sorcery brough their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas*. In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.

Acts19:18-20

*A drachma was a silver coin worth about a day's wages.