Lenten Discipline pt. 1

Ash Wednesday is February 17^th

Many Christians use a Lenten Discipline to enhance their spirituality as we prepare for the Passion and Resurrection celebrations.

Now is the pre-lent, the time to reflect on what your choice of Lenten Discipline will be.

A few ground rules:

1. You are not “giving-up-something-for-Lent”. 

If you choose to fast, to refrain from something, it is not because you want to give it up, it is in order to do one or both of the following:

            A. To share in the suffering of Christ, which is the suffering of the world; and

            B. To make room in your life for something better.

So if, for example you decide to fast from Blue Bell:

v     Put your empty ice-cream bowl out where you will see it every day.

v     Every time you would have eaten ice cream, do something better:

o       Say a prayer;

o       Put a penny or a dollar in a jar for Haiti;

o       Write someone a note that says “I love you.”

o       Call someone just to say hello;

o       Jot a note in your journal, or tweet on the theme of “Better than Blue Bell”

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