And so it goes…
Can you believe it, Ash Wednesday is here, the beginning of the season of Lent. One week away! It’s the season of reflection, self-inventory, fasting, prayer, doing penance, almsgiving, and self-denial. Repentance. Renewal. This is the time when we “give up something for Lent.”
People quit smoking, give up chocolate, count calories or carbs, etc. And people start a new spiritual discipline sometimes too, like daily prayer, or meditation, or study.
People recommit to following Jesus through the journey to the Last Supper (Maundy Thursday), to the cross (Good Friday), and to the resurrection (Easter). The Passion. Where everything in Lent ends—Holy Week.
It’s a season of transition. Letting go of the old ways and adopting new life in Christ.
Paul talks about it in 2 Corinthians 5:17–
So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!
And so it goes…
Everything becomes new!
Everything old passes away.
That should be our prayer this year.
Just trying to move the needle a little—maybe a little life change.
And so it goes…
