Ashes to Ashes

Lent starts today. For Lent Jessica will be giving up a cut-free stomach and most of her sleep. Adam will be giving up his sleep too.

As for me, well, you know. My students, though, are all required to do Lent this year and I'm reading their first papers and I am so touched by what they are giving up because I know these kids and I know what these things mean to them. They're trying to so hard to follow Christ! Just like little ducks waddling and swimming after their mama!

My favorite quote? "One year I gave up candy. The other I gave up chips. This year I've going to do both. I'm going to do it for the LORD!!"

Such joy is mine!