Fasting is important but Lent is not necessary. You don't have to agree , it's the truth. There is a fast God wants and desire .

Isaiah says explicitly that God prefers kind of fasting which changes our actual lifestyle and not just punishes our body. 

Isaiah makes a very upfront demand for social justice, non-aggression, taking our feet off the necks of the oppressed, sharing our bread with the hungry, clothing the naked, letting go of our own sense of entitlement, malicious speech, and sheltering the homeless. He says very clearly this is the real fast God wants!

Isaiah 58:6-9a

Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them, and not to hide yourself from your own kin? Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up quickly; your vindicator shall go before you, the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry for help, and He will say, Here I am.” 

May God give you understanding, Amen.

IMOLEDAYO.