Here’s a reflection written the day after Ash Wednesday from John Ballenger (A Preacher Musing).
Respectfully Submitted
We respectfully submit, our
God,
this day after Ash Wednesday,
within our grieving
deaths and diagnoses,
that life offers us enough
reminders of death
to need a liturgical one.
So remind us,
gracefully,
that we are ritually marked
by death
in order to live—
and to live more abundantly.
Remind us,
faithfully,
that you breathed on the dust
that became us,
and that you will breathe on
the dust we become,
and that your breath on dust
always means life
and light and love.
Remind us,
hopefully,
always,
of Your presence with us,
day by day—
breathing—
fulfilling us with life ever
new.
Amen.
~ written by John Ballenger,
pastor of Woodbrook Baptist Church (www.woodbrook.org)
in Baltimore, MD. Posted on A Preacher
Musing. http://preachermusings.wordpress.com/author/preachermusings/
