| Wednesday, February 13, 2013 Ash Wednesday | ||
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Psalms 51:3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
WOW! What a powerful set of readings today. I don't even know where to start. Return to the Lord! That is the call. But to do that we need to acknowledge our sin, and I fear that is the hard thing to do, especially in today's culture where everything is being redefined as OK, and not even OK, we are redefining what is good as bad and what is bad as good. It is a very deceptive and treacherous time. I believe that it takes great reflection and honesty for us to see our own sin. We have many convenient excuses and distractions today that hide our sin from us and in the end we end up putting God out of the equation. We become a byword and the people say "Where is their God". That is what happens when we become like the people that we are trying to call to follow Christ. They say that we are no different or better than they are, and they are right, because we are not willing to acknowledge our own sin and repent.
Father, help me by your Holy Spirit to truly see my own sin and return to you with all my heart, especially this Lenten season, and help me to be a testimony to others of your amazing grace.
Amen
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