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Giving up _____________ for Lent

The Lenten Season is upon us.   I feel so sorry for the people that decided to give up chocolate and then Valentines Day be the very next day!   YIKES!   This year for lent I was thinking about what to give up.   What is something that will bring me closer to God?   What is something that takes me away from His presence that instead of focusing on it, I can focus on God.   God spoke to me though my red-headed four-year-old yesterday.   It is amazing how often times, He speaks through children. A few weeks ago, I scored some major deals at an amazing sale, while there, I bought gifts that I could give to our girls as valentines.   My youngest daughter has been asking for a tea set and my oldest for a drum set.   YES, a DRUM SET for a 4 year old.   Finding both of them at the sale, I purchased them and waited with anticipation for Valentines day to arrive.   What I expected was to hear giggles and shrieks of joy, but instead I...