a very big deal for me.
it was the first time i ever gave something up for lent and stuck with it.
forty days without peanut m&ms changed my life.
over that season of lent each time i would absentmindedly reach for that empty cup i was reminded that i gave them up to remember god.
i was surprised by several things. i was surprised at how i just munched on them without thinking. i was also surprised by how missing them helped me focus on god.
instead of munching on m&ms, i would pause for a moment and pray or think about what god means to me and my family.
i learned i could live 