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Thursday, April 7, 2011

A Family Prayer

I have never been much for celebrating Lent. Growing up, my family didn't celebrate. My church didn't even mention it. And I grew up pretty oblivious. Easter and Palm Sunday were big stinkin' deals, but Lent was not on my radar.

Last year, Tim followed a Lent calender that wasn't so much about giving stuff up as it was about doing for others and just stopping and paying attention to the season. This year he decided to create a family Lent calendar for our church. Everyday has a different activity for the family to do together. It has been a challenge, and I'm not gonna lie - we haven't done it everyday. Some days are easy, like participate in a hobby the children enjoy. Others are harder, like not using sarcasm for a day. (Ouch.)

One day the instructions were, "Write a prayer about how you would like to see your family grow." So the five of us sat down and took turns writing down our prayers for our family.


I am so thankful for my precious family.

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