Giving Up for Lent

Several years ago, someone shared this with me. I thought perhaps you would appreciate it as well.

A SPECIAL LENTEN FAST

Give up harsh words:

          use generous ones.

Give up unhappiness:

  take up gratitude.

Give up anger:

  take up gentleness and patience.

Give up pessimism:

  take up hope and optimism.

Give up worrying:

  take up trust in God.

Give up complaining:

 value what you have.

Give up stress:

 take up prayer.

Give up judging others:

  discover Jesus within them.

Give up sorrow and bitterness:

  fill your heart with joy.

Give up selfishness:

  take up compassion for others.

Give up being unforgiving:

  learn reconciliation

Give up words:

  fill yourself with silence, and listen to others.

Anonymous, Latin America

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