Lent

February 20, 2010

This past week marked the beginning of the Lent season.  Adam and I attended an Ash Wednesday service at an episcopal church here in Anderson, where we received ashes on our foreheads and were reminded that "we are from dust, and from dust we shall return."


I love following the traditional church calendar.  Lent is a time to prepare our hearts for Easter, the greatest moment in human history.  Before I started observing Lent, Easter used to "sneak up" on me.  Now, I spend 46 days contemplating the magnitude of Jesus’ perfect sacrifice and glorious resurrection.  I change my routine by giving up or adding something so that I can have a constant reminder of the discomfort Jesus felt on the cross.  

Adam and I were both reminded of our frailty and weakness as the minister put cross-shaped ashes on our foreheads this past week.  This is such a good position to be - in humility before our Lord and Savior.  We wait in eager expectation when we can celebrate Jesus’ victory over death, the same victory we as believers have in Christ.