Lent is the season of forty weekdays and six Sundays leading up to Easter. It is a period of preparation for Easter via self-examination and repentance hopefully ushering in a season of spiritual renewal. Lenten practices are a heightened response to God’s salvation and our favor in God’s eyes through Christ. Lent trains us to respond to grace via obedience and it should not be avoided for fear that it is legalistic. Rather, Lent should be observed as a season of amplified awareness of God’s work on our behalf and the cultivation of our obedient response to that gracious work.