Today is the beginning of the Lent season and it is Ash Wednesday. Lent season starts on February 6th (Ash Wednesday) and concludes on March 23rd with Easter celebration. It is 40 days of period excluding of Sundays, because Sundays are the days to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. What is “Ash Wednesday”? “Ash Wednesday has its origins in the early Christian Church – somewhere between the sixth and eight centuries. Originally, the idea was that a Christian, as a sign of repentance, would sprinkle ashes on his or her head. In the Bible, ashes were always associated with humility and mortality, fasting and remorse.If you had sinned against God, and you felt remorse about that sin, and you were repenting of that sin, then sometimes, in the Bible, you would sprinkle ashes on your head as a sign of sorrow and repentance. Ashes were supposed to remind you that you were mortal, that you will eventually become ashes after you die. We’re only ashes, and we need to repent of our sins now while God gives us a time of grace.”
Scripture Reading for today:
“Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?” (Joel 2:12-14).
Let’s start our 40 days of meditations on our Lord’s earthly journey by prayer of personal repentances and commitment to walk His will.
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