{"id":3032,"date":"2021-02-17T08:18:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T15:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=3032"},"modified":"2021-02-17T08:18:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T15:18:26","slug":"ash-wednesday-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=3032","title":{"rendered":"Ash Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image.png?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>Ash Wednesday: &#8220;Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.&#8221; Ecclesiastes 3.20<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s not the most uplifting message, is it? But maybe it\u2019s one of the more instructive messages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart. (Ecclesiastes 7.2, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent for some traditions \u2013 a time to remember not only our own death, but also to walk with Jesus as he goes to his death. Traditionally, some people \u201cgive up something for Lent,\u201d and if there are distractions preventing our wholeheartedly following Jesus or thinking about him more during this time, we should give those up. I am going to eliminate working some of the word puzzles I frequently spend too much time on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More importantly, we should consider taking something on\u2026 I\u2019m thinking&nbsp;<strong><em>Peace-making<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;might be a good Lenten practice. There is way too much conflict, outrage, and discord going on right now. Nearly daily I\u2019m receiving emails telling me some new thing I should be \u201cfuming\u201d about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s lead the way in encouraging peace rather than fomenting discord, shall we?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Matthew 5.9, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. (Hebrews 12.14, NIV)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not the most uplifting message, is it? But maybe it\u2019s one of the more instructive messages: It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart. (Ecclesiastes 7.2, ESV) Ash &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=3032\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ash Wednesday<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8X9bo-MU","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3033,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3032\/revisions\/3033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}