LENT: One Week In

We’re one week into Lent. So far, so good! I was so very excited for Ash Wednesday to roll around so I could start journaling in my “On the Way” Journal by Blessed is She. I had it all ready:

On a Facebook group, someone asked how we are using the journal. I don’t think there’s 1 answer for everybody. I’m playing it by ear and doing what feels natural to me. In the front of the journal, there’s a calendar. Around it, I’m writing people’s names whom I have told that I’ll be praying for, or people that I know need prayers. On each day, I’m writing a word that struck me that day, something that happened that day, or something that I did.

 

Then, on each individual daily page, I’m writing down thoughts from the readings. Some are written as prayers, others are just thoughts. They aren’t just from that day’s readings; I may write down a thought from the “One Bread, One Body” book, or the “Year of Mercy” emails that I’m getting.

In other words, I’m making the journal MINE. It’s something on which I’ll be able to look back and (God willing) see growth throughout these 40 days.

Are you journaling this Lent? If so, what are you using? How is it going?

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