Lent - And Luke 6:38

I am trying to give something away every day of Lent. I am keeping a list of these items - and on days when I don't manage it, then I put a pound coin in a shot glass on the dressing table at bedtime.

I have had a number of 'unexpected' charity events this month, so when these occur, I have given away my £s. But somehow things haven't worked out as expected.

When we were trying to work out how to decorate the bags for the Mothering Sunday plants, I wanted a different idea from last year

 

Last year we decorated white carriers with flowers punched out of old greetings cards.

This year, I decided to tie big coloured labels on the bags.

You will notice that the tags are all affixed with a bow of golden ribbon.

 

 

The ribbon came from the Great Stash. A couple of years ago, a friend said "Do you want this?" - and gave me a plastic bag containing one hundred lengths of golden ribbon - each piece exactly 13" long!

They proved ideal for tying 100 tags on 100 bags. So I felt that they should be my Lent Giveaway for that day.

But then - just a few days after we had prepared the bags, that same friend came up to me at church with a carrier bag. "I'm having the loft insulated, so I had to clear it all out" she said, "thought you could probably use these"

The carrier was full of all sorts of ribbons and trims [including the pink I used for bag repairs]

And there, at the bottom of the carrier, was a plastic bag, containing ...

A hundred more 13" lengths of golden ribbon!!

[No, I didn't believe it either!]

"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."