“Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
Matthew 5:48
I wasn’t happy with my wife.
Our family had talked about observing Lent, and without a moment’s hesitation, both Lisa and my son, Graham, had it planned for me: “You need to give up Pepsi.”
What, they think I couldn’t do it? What is Lent—forty-six days? (We don’t observe Lent like the Roman Catholics, who get to imbibe on Sunday; our family goes for an “absolute” Lent, from Ash Wednesday all the way up to Easter morning.) I could handle six and a half weeks, no problem.
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