Lent is upon us and I thought we would share a peek at our little prayer table and how it looks right now.  It sits off to one side of the living room and the little ones gravitate there when I am working nearby in the kitchen. 

I loved Ann Voskamp's idea for Ash Wednesday so we began lent there. We had a good talk about the Our Father prayer and really listening to what we are saying when we pray.  "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us."   Which is essentially saying, Dear Lord, please treat me the way I treat others.  It's a prayer with a bit of a catch.  Sigh. 

Alongside the bowl of 'dust' is a bible and a bowl which holds strips of paper with relevant verses to look up.  Last week they were all about forgiveness.  We have had lots of discussion about what forgiveness is and isn't.  As in, forgiving an offense does not mean you approve of it.  Forgiveness also does not mean you must remain in close contact with the offender.  Sometimes that would not be wise nor safe. But we must always, really and truly, let it go inside. 

Above the table last week was Ann's printable.  Today it was replaced with this illustration of the week's gospel story about the Temptation of Christ.  There are new bible verses: Download Temptation  We have printed some coloring pages and will use some ideas found here and here this week.  (there are obviously more resources on those two link than ANY one family could do.  We will pick one or two this week.)