Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. For many Evangelicals, Pentecostals, and Charismatics Ash Wednesday is not a big deal. It's not even highlighted on the church calendar. But Ash Wednesday does speak of two things: Repentance and Mortality - dual themes. Repentance. Do we have anything to repent of? Anyone? Anyone? Of course we do, but putting ashes on your head, I think not. Why not just say an ‘I’m sorry prayer’ and move on? Maybe we’re too embarrassed to repent publicly. Jesus spoke of repenting in Matthew’s Gospel and it was illustrated with sackcloth and ashes. Mortality. Ashes to ashes dust to dust. Death. I don’t like to think about death, the facing my own mortality. But even in our walk with Christ, death is a reality. The lyrics by The Brilliance capture this perfectly: "From dust we've come and dust we are and shall return, be still my soul and let it go…" Knowing that whether it's bread and wine, water and baptism or ashes on a Wednesday, the rituals of the Church are there to orient our hearts towards God. 

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