Today is Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday.
It is a day in which we consume as much as we can before we start the season of Lent.
At first it seems to make a lot of sense, because Lent is a time of prayer and fasting;
A time of self denial.
The only problem is for many people in the United States and other countries, everyday is Mardi Gras.
We have become a consumer society 24/7.
People consume everything from food to fashion to gadgets.
What we fail to realize is that the consumer is the one really being consumed.
Our cravings are consuming us!
Lent is a time of physical, emotional and spiritual freedom.
Through Prayer, Fasting and Self Denial we take back control of our life and are no longer consumed by our cravings, addictions and desires.
No longer consumed by our anger, our selfishness or our past.
This Lent we should try and consume as much Prayer, Fasting and Self Denial as we can and so that at Easter we will be free to experience our own resurrection.
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