Thought of the Day !!

Rev. Andy Stoddard, who is a dear friend of mine, shares his thoughts on the daily lectionary readings each week. They can be found at http://midtoil.blogspot.com/ . Today's "Thought of the Day !!" comes from him as he shares a little about Ash Wednesday and Lent.

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first Day of Lent. Lent is the season of the church year where we focus upon Christ's suffering and death, and we focus upon our sin. We are all sinful, we are all in need of forgiveness, we are all in need of salvation. This period lasts from today until Easter. I encourage you to in this time reflect upon the areas of your life that are in need of redemption and conversion, the areas that we withhold from God, the areas in life that we need to repent of. For Christ suffered and died for our sins. Will we take that work for granted? Or will we allow the Holy Spirit to be at work in our lives bringing about growth, repentance, and conversion.

In the love of Christ,
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