Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten journey. In recent years Ash Wednesday has become a particularly challenging, reflective, and yet empowering day for me in the life of the church. In reality the whole season of Lent has grown in meaning each year. Ash Wednesday is a reminder that our earthly lives are finite, that only by the grace of God are we able to carry on in this uncertain life. As I finished the meditation at d365 (a very good online devotional), I had a moment of reflection and tossed my thoughts down…
Through Dust and Ash
2.25.09, 2:58p
Ashes spread out
In a cross
Across, my forehead
From dust we came
To dust we return
The question in life -
"What have we learned?”
Trial and victory
Triumph and tragedy
I have seen it all
I’ve wept for loss
I’ve carried the cross
I’ve faltered and fallen
I’ve stood and repented
I’ve seen the light
Grace, carry me, now
Mercy, cleanse me, now
Let me be made anew
I see the light
From heaven falling down
I see the light
Mercy, cleanse
Steadfast love, renew
Through dust and ash
I see the light
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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