So I decided to give up not drinking for Lent this year. Yeah, its a bit unusual but it's not like I drink all the time anyway. In fact, if I have one beer a week . . . that's a lot. So it was a challenge for me to commit to drinking 40 beers over the 46 day period of Lent. I decided that if I was going to go down this path I might as well go whole hog and try to work in the observance of the Lord's Supper as often as possible. That's especially interesting as I'm pretty opposed to the daily observance.
That's mostly because I think that since I don't hold to the transubstantiation camp that it's just another thing that will become a ritual and quickly loose it's meaning.
Anyway, I had the beers and I had these tasty chips so I figured why not? So, for all but about five or six of the days of Lent - when I had my time of observing the commitment I had made "for" Lent, I also observed the Lord's Supper.
"This is my blood and this is my body"
I figure that the Shiner and gluten free chips are a &%^# of a lot closer to the wine and bread that were on the table when Jesus initiated this little shindig with his friends than the juice and wafer that is offered at church..
It actually became a meaningful experience for me. I don't see the point in continuing it every day of the year but, for the season of Lent, it was a good thing to pause, take a sip of a refreshing beverage, crunch down on a tasty, salty chip and consider the sacrifice of my lord and savior a few thousand years ago.
A sacrifice that changed the world and one that continues today to effect the lives of people around the world.
Lent was good for me this year. I enjoyed thinking about my commitment over the 46 days and it did cause me to focus more on how I can be the hands and feet of Jesus to this world . . . and I still like Shiner too.
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