Next week we will be coming together for our Ash Wednesday Service. We are calling all of you to join us in participating in the Lenten season together!
Lent is described in many ways…but essentially what we want to take time to fast from something for 40 days. Why? Because Jesus did it. Because it gives us space to focus on what He did for us on the Cross. Because we feel in our bodies what it means to sacrifice ourselves so we can understand (even if it’s just slightly) what He sacrificed for us. And so we can understand what it means to give up ourselves…for others. That’s what fasting is. That’s what Lent is.
So this is an invitation to ‘give up’ something for the season of Lent–from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. But instead of giving up something purely for the sake of giving it up, I want us to think about how we can give something up…for others. What can you give up that will somehow help others?
Let’s brainstorm. Comment below and add your ideas!!
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Juliann :)
Feb 2, 2012
I’ve thought of giving up complaining//putting down other people or myself. It’s simple sounding, but we are called to it in the Word. And even though it’s something “personal” you’d give up, it blesses other people to hear someone with a positive outlook, and encourages others to have a healthy view of themselves when you aren’t putting yourself down… thoughts?
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