Lent Day 1 Part 2

so today is the first day of lent. i started reading 1 Timothy today, but haven't gotten that far into it, I will read more later hopefully. I decided to start with Timothy becuase I used a verse from Timothy in my last post and it spoke to me, and I want to read more.

In Chapel today there was an Ash Wednesday service, and they did the whole thing where you put ash on your forehead. So...I was originally not going to do it for personal reasons, but the longer I sat there listening to the choir and watching others get up and doing it themselves....well I ended up doing it. I felt like I wasn't ready to do that and that I shouldn't have done it, so when I got back to my room I washed it off. I didn't want to have that symbol of complete repentance to God on me if it wasn't fully true.

I am going to pray about it. I love Ash Wednesday and what it means. I just want to be able to mean it when I do something as symbolic as putting ashes on my forehead.

So if I were to tell you anything about Ash Wednesday...Remember the meaning behind it, and believe it and honor it.

And remember confessing to others is a part of it as well. I know I haven't done that completely yet and it is so hard to do, I can't admit things and let them go. But it is so good after you do it, and you know that you are clean and forgiven before God.