“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you” (Matthew 6:16-18)
As I was sitting in church this morning and as people through out the day have asked me about the ashes on my head I realized what my true belief on Lent is. We should be doing this year round, not just the forty days before Easter. Every day we should be repenting our sins, every day we should be asking for forgivness, every day we should be giving ourselves to God. We should be doing these things every day - trying to be a better person, forgiving those who have hurt you, loving your enemy, we shouldn't just say we are going to do that for forty days and that is it. We should live our lives every day to be more Christ - like. We should every single day pray and talk to God, we should every single day ask for forgiveness because we are sinners, every single day we should treat others the way Christ would treat them, every single day we should help those in need, every single day we should proclaim our love to God, we shouldn't just do it for the forty days before Easter and we surely shouldn't do it so others can see us do it.
Every single day is living Christ -like , to forgive, to live life as Jesus would want, nd to love God as our Father. We should LIVE every SINGLE DAY - in the eyes of God and how he would want us to live.
Miss and love you dad,
Much love to all,
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