Ash Wednesday... The Beginning of Lent, six weeks of reflection, penance, prayer, and meditation based on the Passion of Christ and the pages of my life...
Some Catholics might not know why the priest puts ashes on their foreheads but many Catholics make their way to church on Ash Wednesday to receive the ashes. The priest takes the ashes and says:
You are dust and to dust you shall return.
This doesnt mean that we are nothing. This means that we are beautifully and wonderfully made by the hand of the Potter and none of us are exactly alike.
Because of Adam and Eve's sin, the gates of Heaven were closed to all of us, but our God is a God of second chances and He loves us so much that He humbled Himself to send His only Son and He sacrificed His only Son that the gates of Heaven might be opened up to us. How many of us would have done the same?!
Ash Wednesday reminds us that life is short and that we should make the most of the life that God gave us.
When I was doing Worker Profile yesterday, a client said that to get God's attention we have to light a candle or He wont listen to us. God talks to us all the time. Lighting a candle is a ritual that we do for ourselves, but we dont have to light a candle for Him to hear us. All we need is to spend time with Him. Just because the answer is no sometimes doesnt mean that He didnt hear us. Sometimes it means that He doesnt think like us. He is a King after all. Sometimes He thinks that we deserve something better than what we ask for, but He waits until just the right time.
Yes, the present is a gift, but God doesnt just want to give me a present. He wants to give me the world.
Potter's Image: www.reuels.com
on the other side of the Coin, today is also...
Chinese New Year 2005
~ the year of the Rooster.
There are so many days during the year that allow us to FORGIVE ourselves and START OVER! What a blessing.
1 comment:
thanks for sharing this with us...and yes, God does want to give you the world!
hugs,
Kathi
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