Ash Wednesday

     Even though living according to your faith can be difficult, Ash Wednesday reminds us that, with God, we can start over at any time.  The message of Ash Wednesday is that life is short. As we move about in this world, it's easy to lose sight of what's important. We are all sinners, and we are reminded of that on Ash Wednesday. We are asked to fast today and abstain from eating meat in atonement for our sins, not because we believe that making sacrifices removes our sins, but because making sacrifices makes us stronger while reminding us that though we are all sinners, God has a plan for us. Through Christ our sins are wiped clean when we repent of those sins. Abstaining and fasting are our human ways of showing the Lord that we are repenting, and the ashes we receive are our reminder that no matter how strong we become, we will always need the Lord because we are only humans. We come from dust, and we will return to dust.