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So tomorrow is the beginning of Lent. Ash Wednesday. My daughter just scooped up some ashes from the fireplace and we carefully poured it into a ceramic bowl. Tomorrow we will begin our Lenten adventure. Using that bowl of ashes I'll explain to them the significance of Ash Wednesday. Of Lent. It's just a personal observation. My beloved home church doesn't mark Palm Sunday or conduct a Good Friday service so we just go straight to Easter Sunday. We do have a sunrise service at a little outdoor chapel before the Easter service, and that's always so lovely. Still I miss the communal build-up and preparation of the heart before that most glorious of Sundays... So my family observe Lent in some fashion at home. We want our children to anticipate Easter, to be more conscious of the passion of Christ...and to create some memories along the way too. And personally Lent is a season of soul-searching for me. It's hard to be a reflective home school mom. Each day melts into another. A never-ending cycle. Checklists of tasks await me at the crack of dawn. No time. No time... Lent allows me to withdraw into my own forty days of wilderness. Lent forces me to focus more on my spiritual life, whatever form it takes.... So yes, Lent makes sense... I hope you will join in this journey with me... Repentance. Grace. How we need them. Lent is a good time to rediscover them. |
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