Day 3 - Prayer and Chocolate

I don't even know how to begin to pray for the people who live on less than $2.00 a day.  Which is about half of the earth's population.  I'm so overwhelmed by the fact that there are children that live near me, not just those on the other side of the world, but very close by, that the only meal they get is what they eat at school.  Lord, help me to know how to help them.

Today we focused on Matthew 25:34-40 which talks about "Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for me." (HCSB)  And we prayed for Haiti.  Matthew put in two quarters for the two grocery stores we went to last week.

For breakfast some of us had cinnamon rice and some had Rice Krispies (without milk).  For lunch, I let the kids vote.  They wanted Red Beans and Rice.  And dinner.  We had that at church.  Beans and rice for the grown-ups and hot dogs for the kids.  And even though Sarabeth and Jonathan had hot dogs, they happily ate some beans and rice with us.

  

Now.  About chocolate.  See, on Wednesday nights....well, we eat dinner about an hour and a half earlier than most other nights.  And I'm usually a little snacky after playing for choir rehearsal.  So after we get the kids in bed, I usually have a glass of chocolate milk, or maybe a small bowl of chocolately ice cream.  Sometimes I'll have some trail mix (with M&M's).  See a pattern??  I usually have a little chocolate on Wednesday nights.  And I'm really having a hard time with that tonight, so I think I'll just hurry up and go to bed!