Then the Lord
God took dust from the ground and formed a man from it. He breathed the
breath of life into the man’s nose, and the man became a living person.
Genesis 2:7
Today is Ash Wednesday. To some, that may be meaningless. But consider that God took the dust of the ground, formed us, and breathed HIS OWN breath into us. God also reminds us that, because we are dust and will return to dust, we should remember that God is God and loves us beyond our ability to perceive.
Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent and is purposed to consider our sins as ashes before Christ, so that we may spend the next 40 days focusing on Our Savior. This year, as I have in years past, I am not focusing on giving up anything for Lent, rather I will be focusing on adding to my Season of Lent. This year, I want to focus on clearing my heart of anger, hurt, frustration, and replace them with caring, love, forgiveness. This quest became clear to me over the course of this year past. How can I properly pray if I am holding onto anger, hurt, and frustration?
"Create in me a new, clean heart, O God, filled with clean thoughts and right desires." Psalm 51:10 This is my prayer. Join me?
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