![]() ![]() Here are a couple of ideas specifically for the Cross template but also useable for any of the others:Ħ) Use nouns or adjectives that describe the nature and character of Jesus: savior, redeemer, healer, radical, obedient, forgiving,…ħ) Since Lent is a time for reflection and self-examination, scatter your confessions, character defects, regrets, worries, dreams, and hopes around the cross one day at a time. Psalm 51 is a penitential Psalm with lots of juicy (sometimes depressing) words in it.ĥ) Read a different Psalm each day and choose a word. Ask God what you need to hear from the word.ģ) Follow a daily lectionary and choose a word from one of the Scripture readings.Ĥ) Read the same Psalm each day and choose a daily word. Meditate on the word as you draw and color around it. Read the mediation for the day and select a word that jumps out at you. ![]() The template with the Cross is new this year. There is also a coloring-page version of this new one where the doodles are drawn for you.Ģ) Use a daily book of Lenten meditations. Three of the templates allow you to do add your own doodles. I enjoy making marks–lines, dots, arcs, swirls, scallops, triangles–as much as I like adding color. I confess: I’m first a doodler, then a colorer. Since the spaces are small I take the template to a copier and enlarge it (129%-132%) onto an 11″x17″ piece of card stock. One calendar is dated the others allow you to choose your own path. So feel free to do something special for the Sundays, if you like–or leave them blank.) On the Cross Calendar, the spaces on the cross are part of the 46 count. (Officially Sundays are not a part of the 40 days of Lent. There are 46 spaces which include Sundays. I love the accumulation of words or peoples’ names in a visual tapestry.īelow are four templates to choose from in jpg or pdf form. This process can take three minutes or thirty. I think of each mark or stroke of color as a wordless prayer. ![]() As I draw I let the name or word fill my heart and mind. On the calendar template I choose a word or name for each day, write the word in a space, and draw or doodle around it. It doesn’t involve making false promises to myself about sitting down for thirty minutes a day and praying/studying/meditating and then feeling guilty when I fail. Using a calendar template is one of my favorite ways to keep a daily discipline during Lent. ![]()
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