I am on the fourth day of my journey. I am surprised by both how easy and how hard it is. Easy as when I stop and think for I minute, I say a quick prayer for them. Hard in during a decade of the Rosary (in my head, still need to pull it out). Also, today is the first time I am praying for someone I feel a little iffy about. That's pretty hard!
I was also surprised by the sheer number of requests that my post generated. I think people are in need of prayer more than ever. I am so happy to be doing something good for others. Even better is that some people have also taken up this challenge.
Well, four days isn't a lot. I hope to keep it going strong. My calendar is nearly full! I hope to post occasional updates here, to give helpful hints or talk about what I am struggling with. Praying this goes well for me, for everyone else, but especially praying for my person of the day.
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
40 Day Prayer Journey
For the first time during the season of Lent, I have decided to pick up a good habit rather than give up something.
I had been wanting to make this change when mentally going through the list of what I could do. Then, I came across this blog while on my lunch break yesterday afternoon. Basically, you take the people in your life, people in your family, that you work with and even people you don't get along well with. Each of the 40 days of Lent, you offer up your daily prayers for one individual on your list all day.
I honestly think it's a great idea. I know having done a 365 photo challenge greatly helped me with my photography last year. I hope this journey will do a similar thing for my prayer life. While I am pretty good with spontaneous prayer, in the journey, I hope to work on the Rosary which has never been a big part of my faith life, but has been for some of the people I've admire most.
I have my first two days planned and will be setting aside each of the 40 days plus Sundays as prayer days for particular individuals. I will be assigning people a day within the next few days. I am definitely nervous, but anything worth doing isn't easy.
Have a good Lent people.
I had been wanting to make this change when mentally going through the list of what I could do. Then, I came across this blog while on my lunch break yesterday afternoon. Basically, you take the people in your life, people in your family, that you work with and even people you don't get along well with. Each of the 40 days of Lent, you offer up your daily prayers for one individual on your list all day.
I honestly think it's a great idea. I know having done a 365 photo challenge greatly helped me with my photography last year. I hope this journey will do a similar thing for my prayer life. While I am pretty good with spontaneous prayer, in the journey, I hope to work on the Rosary which has never been a big part of my faith life, but has been for some of the people I've admire most.
I have my first two days planned and will be setting aside each of the 40 days plus Sundays as prayer days for particular individuals. I will be assigning people a day within the next few days. I am definitely nervous, but anything worth doing isn't easy.
Have a good Lent people.
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