From dust you have come and to dust you will return. Be faithful to the Gospel.

Yesterday, Ash Wednesday, the beginning of lent. We started lent with an Ash service to reflect, stop and 'look up' at all that God has done for His creation. Our Ash services are very intimate. We receive ashes and the opportunity to engage God through communion and then we have silence to pray and meditate. Like the Baptism service, the Ash Wednesday service is one of my favorite traditions of our church family. It is always an emotional time, as I stop to think on all that God had done, all that God is doing and all that He will do in the future. I'm glad to be part of God's work, as He uses me in a variety of ways to build His Kingdom.

This is the beginning of lent, a time of reflection of God's greatest gift to us: His grace and salvation. I hope we all have a moment to stop and look at our creator and all that he has created for us.

Praise be to God.