2nd week of Lent, Thursday –Take an ice cube. Hold it in your hand as it melts. If too cold, put it in the glass of water. Consider the distance this water has come and the changes it has been through to get to you this day. And where it will go to get back to use by another person. How many people are involved with this journey? What if this was the last glass of clean water your ever drank? Be thankful for your glass of water. Consider drinking only water for one day.
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SECOND WEEK OF LENT -WEDNESDAY
2nd week of Lent, Wednesday – Draw your fingers behind the glass of water and notice the way it changes shape in the process. Do the same with a few things near you. Notice without great intent, the image being distorted and returning to usual. Is your usual perspective of things the only way to see truth? Think of seeing this water from a distance, a great distance and from outer space. Many ways to see the same thing…all having a different effect.
SECOND WEEK OF LENT -TUESDAY
SECOND WEEK OF LENT -MONDAY
2nd week of Lent, Monday – Close your eyes and breathe slowly, in and out. Put your hands on your abdomen to feel your breath rise and fall. Think about the miraculous way you are alive now. Think about the waves of the ocean rolling in and out, as if showing the breath of the planet. Consider the renewal of your body through the intake of water. Continue breathing in a relaxed way.
5 minute Lenten Devotions -SECOND WEEK
By Flossie Peitsch
Water Theme
LENTEN OVERVIEW: There are 40 days in Lent. (Sundays in this period are not counted as Lent.)
Repentance – self-examination
Prayer – Pray about life issues, including listening to God’s word
Fasting – Limiting or eliminating something you enjoy, as you feel you are led to do
Service – Giving up personal time for others’ benefit
PREPARE: Pick a time when you will not be interrupted. Have beside you your Bible and light a candle. This week, have a glass of water beside the candle. The purpose of the Devos is to momentarily simplify your spirituality by focusing on one thought or action. It is meant to be a step towards a new awareness using some of our God-given senses and attributes.
General Daily Outline
This week you will need to bring a glass of water each day.
[Light the candle]
Say Out-loud
This is the day or the Lord. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
[Daily Focus]
Say Out-loud
Holy God, I give you permission to say what you want to, to me this day, to say what you want to through me today and to do want you want to with me this day.
[Drink the water. Extinguish the candle]
FIRST WEEK OF LENT -SATURDAY
FIRST WEEK OF LENT -FRIDAY
FIRST WEEK OF LENT -THURSDAY
FIRST WEEK OF LENT -WEDNESDAY
FIRST WEEK OF LENT -TUESDAY
FIRST WEEK OF LENT -MONDAY
SATURDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY
Saturday after Ash Wednesday – With eyes closed, use your hands to hold your face. Run your hands over your features. This is the face given to you by generations of those who went before you. They live in this world because of you and your face. It is a God given face. This face bravely turns to the world in hope for good in the future. With eyes still closed, smile and feel this smile. Think of drawing the smile inside – to smile at yourself. YOU are worth your lovely face and its smile.