This season Jim and I agreed together to give up sugary snacks and treats. Pretty much meaning no cakes, candy, ice cream, pop or added sugars of any kind. So good sugars are allowed such as that in milk and fruit.
To most this may not be so bad - to me it equals pure horror (okay, maybe not that dramatic.) I am a sugarholic hardcore. Day one was miserable eating sugar free "Morning O's" and drinking coffee with no sugar - blech! And the week didn't progress much better. By saturday I was aching for something sweet.
We ended up getting a sugar free angel food cake with sugar free cool whip and some berries. Made a lovely sugar free strawberry shortcake of sorts. It was good - and now I feel guilty! However, it gets worse!
Sunday we had a nice afternoon at my dad's house. My grandma came over as well and brought some gorgeous little mini cakes that we were to be having for dessert......uh oh. We mentioned our lent agreement briefly, but both of us opted to have some cake anyways. Even though I hate to even justify it, we really couldn't say no to my grandma! And we wouldn't want any food to go to waste.
Soooooo.....here I am not even a week in and have already cheated. Just makes me realize how much Jesus really did for us when here I am and can't even control my sugar habit! I know I will be forgiven and I will keep my head up high for the rest of lent and keep trying. I am almost certain to fail again, but that's life. Just get back up on your horse and keep riding!
Here are a couple pictures from Ash Wednesday. Jim went to a small service before work, and Emily and I went on our own in the afternoon to get our ashes. The little bugger actually slept in that morning....or else we would of all went together!
Love this picture!!
God Bless!
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