I received an alert this evening from the journals editor that there will be a journal outage in the morning between 4 and 6 a.m. As that is when I usually do my entry-I decided to post it tonight.
CHAPTER 3, PAGE 1
"... for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Genesis 3:19
GOOD MORNING
Today is Ash Wednesday and we begin the season of Lent. I’ve been trying to decide what I would give up for Lent this year and at church this past Sunday, we were told that we should give up something that would make us a better person .
So this is my list…
I will Give up complaining——focus on gratitude.
Give up pessimism——become an optimist.
Give up harsh judgments——think kindly thoughts.
Give up worry——trust Divine Providence.
Give up discouragement——be full of hope.
Give up bitterness——turn to forgiveness.
Give up hatred——return good for evil.
Give up negativism——be positive.
Give up anger——be more patient.
Give up pettiness——become mature.
Give up gloom——enjoy the beauty that is all around you.
Give up jealousy——pray for trust.
Give up gossiping——control your tongue.
Give up sin——turn to virtue.
Give up giving up——and hang in there!
We’ll see how good I can do with this list in the 40 days to come. I think it might just be harder than giving up candy, or soda.
***BIG SMILE***
March brings lots of good thoughts of Spring and we also have St. Patrick’s Day to celebrate. I’ll be searching for lots of new quotes and poems to share with you along these lines.
To me Spring equals HOPE so I’ll be including thoughts on Hope for you too!
MA
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again
Sarah Ban Breathnach
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3 comments:
Told hubby I was giving up talking... He said wouldn't it be easier to give up soda or chocolate... I said ok I'll just give up nagging then. Lol...
I like the purse!
Have a great rest of the week!
Linda :)
yup candy and soad would be much easier. sad as that is to say........
Our weather man said that meterologically speaking winter is done thier books carry winter dec, jan and feb. . OH how nice to have no more cold. that would be wonderful.
Love your March purse. I'll be switching mine over this weekend to my March purse. Have a good day.
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