today is ash wednesday. it marks the beginning of lent for christians, which is a 40 day period when we reflect on our relationship with God, repent, and are reminded of our mortality. as you saw people marked with the cross on their foreheads today they were mostly likely told:
"repent and believe in the gospel" or "remember you are dust, and to dust you will return."
i love the season of lent. last night i kind of got butterflies in my stomach thinking about it starting today. may each of us take some time to reflect. may our reflection not be the end, but the means to an end that equals action...repenting means actually turning away from whatever it is that is keeping us from being in a more right relationship with God. i pray that is revealed to me, and i pray that i have the courage to change.
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