Sacrifices During Lent

The forty days of lent began on Wednesday. Every year during lent as a Roman Catholic I have to give something that I love for lent as a sacrifice. Not many people love the idea making a sacrifice for someone else. However, when it is something important one can step up and do something special for someone else. I do not believe that sacrifices if what God wants me to do. Although it is not necessary to give-up something for lent, I grew up believing that if I did I do something for God as a thank you and a sign of respect. Therefore, I decided to give up eating meat for forty days until Easter Sunday. This decision is not very difficult for me since I have done it almost every year and did not encounter any problems with. It feels good to know that you have done something for someone else once in a while especially if it’s for God.