Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
and he relents over disaster.
- Joel 2:13
The cross of ashes made by the priest was my reminder that from dust I came and to dust I would return. It is also a reminder that I am alive in Christ. It is amazing that God can take a wondering heart, constantly failing in faithfulness and redeem it. Lent is not a test of my faithfulness by way of my abstention, but is a wonderful reminder of Christ's faithfulness on my behalf. He humbled and degraded himself and did all that I could not do, and rejoiced in the return of this wretched sinner. If that doesn't rend my heart and simultaneously bring it great joy, nothing will.
Today I am thankful...
1. that Christ has my heart and has made it new.
2. that I had the relationship with my Grandmother that I did and that she prayed for me so well
3. that in the past year I have seen prayers answered, just as they were asked
4. that it is not an election year
5. that I have liberal, libertarian, and conservative friends who love the Lord and remind me that politics are not the alpha and omega
6. that yesterday when I picked Holt and Harper Ann up from school Holt held the door for her and Harper Ann offered to share her leftover snack with him.
7. for our family time in the big bed reading with my kiddos
8. for Holt's tender heart and what a wonderful big brother he is to two slightly self-centered girls
9. for our supper club group and the genuine laughter we have shared
10. That my mama refused to let me buy that Mariah Carey CD and handed me The Band's greatest Hits instead, thereby fostering my love of the late great Levon Helm
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