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Across the Fence:  Are you "giving up" anything for Lent?  |
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
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 Posted - Feb 16 2010 : 4:24:50 PM
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I have decided to give up grocery shopping for Lent. I love grocery shopping and could go everyday, and sometimes do. this causes me to overspend BIG TIME!! so I have decided that for Lent, I will "shop" from home only.
The only thing I will buy is milk for my baby (I haven't given him Whole milk from our cows yet) and some fresh fruit and salad stuff.
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2010 : 6:14:47 PM
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This is the first time I have heard anyone give up buying food for Lent. Pretty amazing. Six weeks - you must be stocked up! I love to go to the grocery store too, and go almost every day. I know all the employees there! It is a joy to walk the aisles and I always go early in the day when it is not crowded. Absolutely love it. ACtually giving that up for Lent is a valid goal.
I am thinking I am going to try to give up my evening Chardonnay wine. I will miss it. That is bad, huh?
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
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lulu bell
True Blue Farmgirl
94 Posts
Karen
Ashland
NE
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2010 : 7:02:16 PM
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I am giving up shopping in general for lent except grocery shopping, which I really don't like to do because I have a hard time planning meals for my family because they are very picky! But I love to shop it is my way to get away, but I just think of the money I will save and then I can spend it on my garden this spring, I want to add some raised beds and another rain barrel or two, last year I did all my watering from the barrel or mother nature (granted it was a wet summer)
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2010 : 7:19:16 PM
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I am going to give up the sweets. Also I have been thinking anything that is not homemade.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2010 : 7:22:43 PM
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I was thinking dessert, or maybe Mochas, hmmm - you realize that Sundays don't count right?
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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Roxy7
True Blue Farmgirl
1083 Posts
Robin
Denver
CO
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2010 : 8:41:59 PM
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Are you all Catholic? I am. I used to give up things for Lent...until a really good friend who is like a brother to me got me started on a different path. He is also Catholic, but he is also the most Christian person I have ever met. I have known him for over 15 years and I have never once heard him say a bad things about anyone. He really walks his talk....anyways for Lent he got me to not give up something but to give something. It may be small things like helping a neighbor or volunteering. Just anything that can help out another person.
I have found this to be very rewarding. Spiritually its very lifting for me. Instead of giving things up, I use this time to just give things, whether its my time or donations.
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Feb 17 2010 : 04:50:00 AM
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Robin - you are right. It is very appropriate to give during Lent (or anytime!)and not give up something. I go back and forth each year. One year I chose to listen to only Christian music throughout the six weeks of Lent. One year I donated lots more to the food closet at church. This year I feel compelled to give something up. I need to challenge that part of me for discipline and re-focus on my walk with the Lord. I guess the important thing for me is to do something that exercises my faith in a tangible way, and each year I choose something different.
I am Episcopalian.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
1862 Posts |
Posted - Feb 17 2010 : 06:54:34 AM
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great idea Robin
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
farmgal #150 |
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
1862 Posts |
Posted - Feb 17 2010 : 07:34:14 AM
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do you mean what is Lent all about?
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
farmgal #150 |
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
1862 Posts |
Posted - Feb 17 2010 : 07:39:01 AM
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Jeannie, I am not really stocked up, I know I have a lot of food in my house. I might not be eating exactly what I want to eat, but that , for me , is the point. So, not only am I giving up spending $$$ un-wisely in the grocery store, I am using up things in my house. I have a freezer full of beef, pork, chicken...plus prepared foods. Also lots of dry goods, peas, beans, lentils...it will be kind of fun to be extra creative in the kitchen!
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
farmgal #150 |
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Karrieann
True Blue Farmgirl
1900 Posts
Karrieann
Northeast
Georgia
USA
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Posted - Feb 17 2010 : 09:28:59 AM
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I think I give up "trying" to figure out some people for lent. Just kiddin!
:o)
Karrieann ~ Farmgirl Sister #766 (29 Sept 2009)
My etsy: Yesterday's Scraps, Tomorrow's Treasures http://www.etsy.com/shop/2TomorrowsTreasures |
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
1862 Posts |
Posted - Feb 17 2010 : 09:59:01 AM
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no kidding!!! LOL!!
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
farmgal #150 |
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