Last night during our Ash Wednesday service our vicar spoke about how Lent was a time for both fasting and feasting.

It would come as no surprise to most people that fasting should be associated with Lent as Jesus spent 40 days fasting in the desert. Normally when people think of fasting they associate it with going without food for a period of time. However there are other things that a Christian could fast from such as television and going on the internet. Perhaps these later two are actually harder than going without food!

The idea of feasting during Lent may come as a surprise. This basically involves taking on things during Lent, which could include:

• Joining a Lent study group
• Spending more time in prayer or Bible study
• Reading a specific book
• Increasing one’s giving by donating to specific charities

Our vicar said that if we did these things it would help us to feast on God during this Lent period.

So the challenge during this Lent is to endeavour with God’s grace to both fast and feast on Him.