I have always been fascinated by some of the mystical and traditional things that some religious faiths practice. Lent being one of them. The tradition of observing Jesus' 40 days in the Wilderness/ Desert is very appropriate if you ask me. I guess I never really took the time to understand it until now. But sacrificing something, giving up something that you rely on, or use on a regular basis for 40 days should be easy compared to Christ fasting with no food or water for 40 days...right? To face 40 days of temptation to eat food, or rely on that thing to get you by, or allowing Satan to tempt you and bring you down ...

Now, I am not Catholic, and I have never practiced Lent in any form what so ever, but this year, I have decided to "Take a long walk in the desert." Now, I am not fasting for 40 days; being that Jesus was supernatural I believe he might be the only person that ever walked this earth and lived. I am not going to not eat meat on Fridays...however, I am going to give up something that I rely on everyday to get me through. Caffeine. That's right. No Amps. No Monster Drinks. No chocolate. No Soda, unless of course it's caffeine free.

Not only have I decided to make a sacrifice to give caffeine, I am going to be taking a 40 day walk where I am going to be working on my prayer life, my "walk" with Christ each and every day. To coincide with this, I am going to blog each day. Not necessarily so that everyone can read about my "plight" but so that I can share in my awareness.

Tomorrow is the first day of Lent. Today, I have gone the entire day with out drinking any soda, so that I could get over those awesome withdrawal headaches...however tomorrow, starting at midnight, I will fast the entire day. I am not telling you or anyone reading because I want your empathy or admiration, but because I think it is the best way for me to shock my body and more importantly my brain and heart, ie my soul.

What I mean by that, when I get hungry, instead of looking for a candy bar, I want to look towards God and ask him to feed me spiritually. Now, I have asked to be kept accountable. Unfortunately the people who I thought would step up to keep me on track, haven't. But those that have, I am very much appreciative. For those who will be following me, please feel free to check in. Maybe we can do this together? By all means, ask me how I am doing.

Some of you may say this is stupid, well, maybe it is, but if it fulfills the purpose, that's all that matters. God himself will be the judge of that.

So, my 40 days starts soon. I do ask that if you are reading, and plan on following, please pray for me. Pray that I will stay strong. More importantly, pray that I find my passion again for Christ. Pray that I will be fed spiritually, and that my walk won't keep me parched but my thirst will be quenched. That on the other side I will be renewed.

My first step...