I've been trying to be more healthy lately. In addition to trying to exercise regularly I've really been trying to make healthier choices with my diet. A big part of that has been giving up soda and chocolate.
But why do we say "giving up"? Sure we might "give up" something during lent, but that is a sacrifice we're making to God. When we make a choice that is better for us are we really giving something as though we're making a sacrifice.
When I stopped smoking I said I "quit smoking" but that was not accurate. It would have perhaps been better to say I'd been "freed from smoking". Smoking was a chain around my neck that had imprisoned me for years. Now I am trying to free myself from other unhealthy habits.
Shouldn't we look at more areas of our lives this way? What if we saw our sins not as something we have to give up, but something to be freed from?
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