{"id":4344,"date":"2022-03-02T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=4344"},"modified":"2022-02-26T17:51:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T00:51:06","slug":"ash-wednesday-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=4344","title":{"rendered":"Ash Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ash Wednesday: \u201cRemember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.\u201d Ecclesiastes 3.20<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today is the first day of the season that we remember Jesus’ upcoming death…and our own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The older we get, the more of our friends we bury. I just saw this poignant but faith-filled post from a long-time friend, Mike Darnell, Montgomery, Alabama:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear Friends,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is with great love and care that I write to you. I want to give you an update.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this week I learned that my leukemia has come back and today I learned that there are no longer any treatment options available. Our cancer battle is done, and the Father\u2019s faithful hand is leading me home. In church I have been teaching from Psalm 90:12 \u201cso teach us to number our days\u201d, my number is within view. I have weeks possibly months.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I want you to know my graduation is sooner than I thought and that I am looking forward to it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike and I go back to our high school days where he was one year behind me. He comes from a family of 11 children. Mike is #4 (I think), and I traveled in a music ensemble with his older brother Pete and others in the summer of 1962. I reconnected with Mike when I was back in Alabama 2001 – 2006. A good man: pastor, counselor, a lifetime of walking with Jesus and helping others do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mike Darnell, age 75, Pike Road, Alabama (near Montgomery)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mike might not live through this Lenten season (on this earth)…but then again, neither might some of the rest of us. Lent is a good time to remember these truths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90.12, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. (2 Timothy 4.6, 7, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is the first day of the season that we remember Jesus’ upcoming death…and our own. The older we get, the more of our friends we bury. I just saw this poignant but faith-filled post from a long-time friend, Mike Darnell, Montgomery, Alabama: Dear Friends, It is with great love and care that I write … Continue reading Ash Wednesday<\/span> →<\/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-4344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8X9bo-184","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344","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=4344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4347,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344\/revisions\/4347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}