Celebrate Little Easters

Discover why some choose not to fast but to feast on Sundays during Lent.

Festive table with food and drinks on it

“Bear in mind that the Lord has given you the Sabbath…” —Exodus 16:29 (NIV)

I’ve always heard about the forty days of Lent between Ash Wednesday and Easter. But guess what? The math doesn’t compute. It’s really forty-six days; the six Sundays don’t count. I learned that because we live on this side of the Resurrection, many describe Sundays in Lent as “little Easters,” each one a day for worshipping and celebrating Jesus’s Resurrection, a day when many choose not to fast but to feast.

Me too! I decided. During Lent, I usually give up my numbing automatic responses for self-gratification to remind myself of what Jesus gave up for me. Most often that’s something I mindlessly put in my mouth—something sweet or salty or convenient, like the last bites of cheese-dripping pizza left on a child’s plate. I vow to eat more frugally, except on Sundays.

At family gatherings or lunch with our couples group after church or dinner with my husband, I’ve feasted. It sounds self-serving, but it has set Sunday apart as a day of celebration because Jesus has risen. And that reflects the rhythm of life with Jesus, a pattern of both suffering and celebrating, fasting and feasting. By doing that more intentionally, I become more aware of celebrating little Easters throughout the year.

Lord, I want to live in the rhythm of life with You. 

Digging Deeper: Romans 8:17, Philippians 3:10

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