What are you giving up for Lent? It's a common question this time of the year as Ash Wednesday is this Wednesday! This year, I'm not giving anything up. Well, not any one thing. Some years I've given up chocolate, some sugar, some caffeine and so forth. But this year, with life and kids and stress, I decided that giving up one thing was just going to add to the stress level and I didn't need that.
So, instead, I'm doing 40 Bags in 40 Days.
Google it and you can read a dozen or more articles/blogs about it, so I'm not going to list just one for you.
The idea is that during Lent, you use the 40 days to refocus your life and declutter your home. I like that. A LOT!
You would think that after moving twice this last year that we would be clutter free. We aren't. I look around the house and the amount of stuff that we don't use is staggering. So... 40 bags, oh yeah. Now, I'm not planning on emptying the house of our worthwhile keepsakes and things we use everyday, but I KNOW that we can come up with at least a grocery size bag of stuff from every corner of our house.
Here is my list:
And here is my challenge to me, that while I am cleaning out rooms/closets and drawers, that I declutter mindfully. That I ask myself to be honest about if we use something and that if we don't, we send it to a new home with grateful hearts.
Because Lent is a time of preparing our hearts for Easter. It's a time to focus on the gift/sacrifice that Jesus gave us. It's a time to declutter our bodies and to be mindful of the gifts God has given us. So this year, I'm not giving up sweet tea for Lent. I'm going to purposefully and prayerfully focus on our home.
So, instead, I'm doing 40 Bags in 40 Days.
Google it and you can read a dozen or more articles/blogs about it, so I'm not going to list just one for you.
The idea is that during Lent, you use the 40 days to refocus your life and declutter your home. I like that. A LOT!
You would think that after moving twice this last year that we would be clutter free. We aren't. I look around the house and the amount of stuff that we don't use is staggering. So... 40 bags, oh yeah. Now, I'm not planning on emptying the house of our worthwhile keepsakes and things we use everyday, but I KNOW that we can come up with at least a grocery size bag of stuff from every corner of our house.
Here is my list:
And here is my challenge to me, that while I am cleaning out rooms/closets and drawers, that I declutter mindfully. That I ask myself to be honest about if we use something and that if we don't, we send it to a new home with grateful hearts.
Because Lent is a time of preparing our hearts for Easter. It's a time to focus on the gift/sacrifice that Jesus gave us. It's a time to declutter our bodies and to be mindful of the gifts God has given us. So this year, I'm not giving up sweet tea for Lent. I'm going to purposefully and prayerfully focus on our home.
This is a really good idea. Thanks!
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