Lenten Disciplines

The 69th day of the year started off, as Sundays typically do, at Church.  On 3/10/19, Alexa and her friend were ordained as Elders at Old First.  But, that's not the subject of my daily gratitude missive (regardless of how happy and proud it made me).  My gratitude today is for Lenten Disciplines, the subject of Pastor Michael's sermon today.  I am inspired by him to give something up and take something on.  I wanted to take his suggestion to give up excessive alcohol, but he reminded me I do not drink.  So I will be giving up angry thoughts about myself, or my situation.  I am hoping this also cuts down on the times I yell (alone in the car AND around other people) :-).  And I will be taking up a daily prayer for others.  One for someone for whom I care AND one for someone with whom I have a disagreement.  I will add these to the bottom of my daily gratitude posts, because I do not want to maintain a separate Blogger instance.  :-)  So, I hope you can also give something up and take something on that will bring you some Lenten inspiration as we move to Easter.  Amen!

My first prayer is for my children.  They are amazingly involved in their activities and studies.  But I pray for them also to have peace.  Peaceful thoughts and peaceful sleep.  And to know my love no matter what happens.

My prayer for someone with whom I have a disagreement is, strangely enough, for the man who cut me off on Route 55 (North) yesterday.  Yes, in a moment of weakness I yelled at him (much to Anna's chagrin) and, yes, this is my inspiration for what I plan to give up this Lent.  But he obviously he was very stressed out because me going 75 MPH was not fast enough for him.  I pray for his solace, and I hope he got to his destination safely.

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