Practicing Lent

Lent is a time when we strive to be more intentional about our Christian life.  We undertake disciplines of prayer, and study, and pruning some of the excesses of our lives.  We put things down so we can take up more time with God.  And we teach our children how it is that we walk with Jesus. 

You, who are on the road must have a code that you can live by.
And so become yourself because the past is just a good bye.
Teach your children well, their father's hell did slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams, the one they picked, the one you're known by.
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you you would cry,
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.

And you, of the tender years can't know the fears that your elders grew by,
And so please help them with your years, they seek the truth before they can die.
Teach your parents well, their children's hell will slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams, the one they picked, the one you're known by.
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry,
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you. 
                                                                                                                          (Crosby Stills Nash and Young)