The Season of Lent...

So, I'm the only Mormon at work, and today everyone was talking about what they were giving up for Lent, I guess it's the first day. One of my coworkers said that he has decided to give up all mind altering substances for lent ahead of time because he had heard that it takes 40 days to make or break a habit. I've heard that before too, but never tried it out.
Just this past Sunday I was thinking that I really need to do better about my scripture reading. So I decided that for lent I was going to give up 5 to 10 minutes of my day to read my scriptures for the next 40 days. If I can put in more time then that would be great too and I will do that, in the mean time, this is how I'm starting out.
I am in no particular spot at the current moment so I found a random spot in my scriptures and began to read. Today I only read Mosiah 2:1-12 and it really was helpful for me. I really want to go on my mission, but as an earlier blog mentioned, I'm not sure why anymore. I knew there was a reason I had decided to do it in the first place and somewhere along the way I lost that reasoning. I'm still continuing the papers but at the same time searching again for the reason I began in the first place. In Mosiah 2:11 I found it to be saying that we are all here by the grace of Our Heavenly Father to serve one another. I think that that point is easy to forget. We don't get anywhere without the help of Our Heavenly Father. I'm know I can and most certainly should do better about including him in my daily life and being more grateful for everything he has blessed me with even when I don't deserve it. Also, I find that as much as I am being blessed I need to take the time to serve others.
Al thought there is only so much I know I am going to be able to do in this next couple weeks, I'm going to try to make a point of doing something for someone else. At least one act of service. I'll come back tomorrow and tell you how that goes. And in the search for why I want to be a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. So far I have that I am needed to serve and bless the lives of others just as my life as been blessed through the church. Still looking..............