Be More Imaginative

Imagination
is birthless and deathless
It's power
Is inexhaustible

-Sri Chinmoy

I've always had an overactive imagination, which I see as only a good thing and I try to encourage it in my children.
As each Eucharistic prayer is an act of remembrance it can also be an act of the imagination as we try to put ourselves amongst the events. This, after all, is what we do throughout Holy Week. This is never more apparent than at the Good Friday children's service. The imagination that children have to put themselves into this story is wonderful and a skill that we perhaps lose as adults.

Be imaginative

People were simply not forthcoming in telling me what they'd given up for Lent!! Very frustrating, so I decided to be more imaginative about it. One of my friends told me what she had tried to take up for Lent, so I have a plan related to that.
Another friend said she was buying herself what she'd given up, not being able to find out what others were up to. Love this- but I already have plans to (prayerfully) enjoy some things I've been without (ok, I plan to dip pretzels in peanut butter & Nutella whilst watching the Chinese grand prix before church...and drink lots of wine at my cousin's house in the evening).
It's been a reasonably lazy week so far- picnics, parks, friends and a bit of housework and gardening. Enjoying time off work with my kids, but Holy Week really kicks in today for me. Preaching at both Maundy Thursday eucharist services and attending a service at the hospital chapel in between. The house work needs to step up a gear too!!

Be More Imaginative

Putting imagination into gift buying was the task for today- to find out what someone has given up for Lent and buy it for them as a gift.
Well my chosen victims aren't on Facebook or Twitter but all I can say is that someone's getting a big bag of sugar on Monday morning- oh and there may be excessive amounts of red wine when we have guests for tea next Friday.

Psalm 37:21
The wicked borrow, and do not pay back, but the righteous are generous and keep giving