After the 5yr suggested yesterday that we give up something, another idea occured to my 11yr.

11yr, "When we give up something important, it's like saying that that thing is not an idol. Or if it was an idol, it's like saying God is more important."

5yr, "Let's give up everything that starts with the letter S." And interesting idea, but not really the focus we are looking for.

If Jesus is the king, he is the only one on the throne! Today we are thinking of things that we might have as idols. We are trying to be really honest with ourselves. Tomorrow, we will give up that thing.

We are thinking about it (and talkin about it) for the whole day. It is sometimes hard to be honest with ourselves and it might be hard to set aside something that is really valuable. We want to be faithful.

We are also thinking about how good God is to us.  When we think of his goodness, it's not so hard to let go of worldly things. We are reading Ps. 33.  Our creator God is amazing.