ACTS for Lent

I am so happy to have co-authors to drive content!
I just logged on to find Pastor David's January Newsletter content designed to introduce us lay persons to the discipline of prayer.
As I am reading his description of catechumen and Lenten penance, I am reminded of what my parents raised me with as a child. As I was a child I had no reference for penance or the suffering Christ did for me. To me, Lent was the time before Easter when I had to give up potato chips because my mother gave them up every year. It was when we always had fish sticks for lunch on Fridays and were actually expected to fast THREE DAYS of the year!!
My mother still gives up potato chips every year, and I now know why! She is practicing her discipline. By praying, fasting, sacrificing and simplifying she was bringing herself closer to God. Her small efforts were the best way to impart these acts of prayer to God, and her family too.
So I will ACT this Lent!
I will adore-Thank you God for I love my life and family!
I will confess- I don't know your plan and that can be troubling...
I will thank- Thank you for supplying my life with love and solid ground
I will ask- That you continue to help me learn to listen and hear your spirit.

And, I will embrace my Lenten-sacrifice heritage and give up my favorite things in the world that I have all the time and just don't know if I'll be able to live without........check back to see how it goes.....