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This year, I gave up diet soda and Starbucks for Lent.<\/p>\n

On the very first day of Lent, I arrived at work and found a bottle of diet soda on my desk, left over from a previous lunch. Temptation staring me straight in the eyes. This was gonna be hard.<\/p>\n

I turned on my computer and settled in, wishing I at least had a Starbucks coffee in my hand. I have one of those quote-a-day calendars with an inspirational saying for every day of the year. Well, when I flipped the page on my calendar, I got a very important message: \u201cEat better.\u201d An odd quote, but just what I needed to read. It was like God was telling me to ignore that diet soda and whatever other temptations might be thrown my way. He was rooting me on.<\/p>\n

The miracles didn\u2019t end there. I came home from a weekend at my parents\u2019 house, only to discover I\u2019d forgotten my handbag. I wasn\u2019t worried about surviving a week without my wallet or keys. It was my work ID badge that would be hard to live without. When I emptied my overnight bag, though, I found the badge at the very bottom. I have no idea how that one item, out of all things, escaped from my handbag.<\/p>\n

Deepen Your Faith with These Guideposts Books for Lent! <\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The next weekend, I walked into a dressing room and spotted a single bead with Jesus\u2019 image waiting for me. After that, I went to the doctor and received some truly incredible news. And, last week, I randomly stumbled upon a reading from Charles Spurgeon that very specifically addressed a problem I\u2019d been going through. All tiny wonders that God sprinkled throughout my Lenten journey.<\/p>\n

I have a friend who always asks me what the point of Lent is\u2013\u201cWhy would God want you to give something up if it makes you happy?\u201d It\u2019s a good question. I do miss caffeine. I really do. Especially my tall skinny mochas from Starbucks. But those sacrifices, small as they are, have woken me up to more miracles. They\u2019ve given me \u201cnew eyes\u201d so I can better make out all the little ways that God is working in my life.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s a different kind of happiness, isn\u2019t it? One that\u2019s worth more than all the tall skinny mochas in the world.<\/p>\n

Have you experienced a miracle\u2013big or small\u2013this Lent?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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