Have you considered what you're doing to observe Lent?
Do you need some Lent ideas? Do you have any plans for the Lent season?
Lent begins next week.
Next Wednesday.
Wednesday, February 22 to be exact.
The season lasts 46 days between Ash Wednesday and concludes Easter Sunday.
We’re not sure if you’ve given much consideration to Lent, but we’d like to offer two resources to help you as you ponder your observation of the season.
1. For starters, some of us may be slightly unsure as to what Lent even is — so we certainly may not have any Lent ideas yet. Not all churches celebrate the season or discuss it. But maybe you’ve heard friends talking about it and you’re curious. Just because your church doesn’t ordain an “official commencement of the Lenten Season” doesn’t mean that you can’t observe it on your own.
The Village Church in the DFW area has a great explanation of Lent on their site, and it includes a guide that will walk you through the weeks of Lent with Scriptures, prayers, and fasting suggestions.
2. World Vision is focusing on Relentless ACT:S of Sacrifice to celebrate the season. They’re describing this Lenten emphasis as “a series of creative challenges to explore what it looks like to put others before ourselves in our day-to-day lives.”
You can sign-up to participate in the 6 challenges with others from all over the world.
Regardless of whether you employ either of these “plans” or you come up with your own Lent ideas, we challenge you to use these weeks leading up to Easter to dwell deeply in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ and the atonement that it provided for our sin.
Have you observed this season before? If so, please share your Lent ideas and experiences.
*Photo credit: jezobeljones
