I'm Back...And So Is Lent

It's Lent (as of Wednesday, yesterday). And I've given up shopping this year. I prayed for something to give up for Lent and well, it came to me - shopping! Ironically, I was watching Oprah's Next Chapter (I am still watching too much television). She was interviewing a Hasidic Jewish woman who talked about having a want satisfied and then thinking what can I "want" next. And there it was. Replace material wants with "wanting" Jesus. Every time I get paid I think of a new want. As I am sitting here, having given up shopping, I am looking around my living/dining area thinking of all the things I could want and buy that would make everything perfect. Is there such a thing? Or would I just think of new things to want and buy? Good question. And so it begins...