When I was a kid, every lent I would try to give up
chocolate. I emphasize the word, “try.” Usually it only lasted a week or two, but
sometimes I made it to Easter and spent the day in chocolate ecstasy. As an adult, I know that’s not the point of
giving something up. In fact, in an
article I read recently, the author stated that we should use the money saved
by our self-sacrifice to give to the poor.
Hmmm… That’s a lot of chocolate
to keep track of.
When I
read the article, it reminded me of another article that I read a couple of
years ago. A family started to do
something similar. If they were going to
go out to eat, but decided to stay in, they would put the money saved into a
charity jar. Renting a movie instead of
going to the movies put a lot of change into the jar. Making a pizza instead of ordering out was
cost efficient and a boon to their chosen charity. It’s a simple way to help others that shows
us how self-sacrifice can be turned into something positive.
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