Responding to the initial prompting of the Spirit! That’s why I am writing this post.
February 22nd, Life Principles To Live By, by Charles F. Stanley. “To walk in the Spirit is to obey the initial promptings of the Spirit.”
We live in a 55 plus community and today we are celebrating birthdays and anniversaries in the month of February. Some of our Catholic and Protestant friends will not be at the gathering and I understand why. Today in some Christian denominations it is a day of “Fasting”. We will be there because today is my birthday but will take our cake or whatever back to our apartment. And it is a good way to meet new people.
My first question is always to know the meanings of words. “Observe it”
Is Ash Wednesday only for Catholics or Protestants?
Catholic, Orthodox, and many (but not all) Protestants appreciate and observe Lent. Though Lent is not named or observed in the Bible, as Christianity Today notes, “the path of Lent—prayer, fasting, and generosity over a period of time—is heavily emphasized by the authors of and characters in the Bible, including Jesus. The Bible commands a lifestyle of worship and devotion that looks considerably like Lent. Therefore, while the word is absent in the Bible, the reality of Lent is woven throughout the whole of Scripture, as we have discovered.”
In his Gospel Coalition article Evangelicals Embracing (and Rejecting) Lent, Trevin Wax gives us an important reminder regardless of whether we personally observe Lent:
A good summary from Christianity.com
Bottom line!
Whether one observes Ash Wednesday or not, let’s not judge those who do or don’t. Christianity is not a set of rules to follow, but a relationship with God through His Son Jesus.
I was doing some research on my grandfather Ferdinand Weyland and came across your Aug 2022 article about my great-grandparents Ferd and Helen Weyland. Thank you for the joy your story brought to my heart. I’m not sure I have any answers to your questions but it was a wonderful thing to stumble upon. I’m curious about your connection to their life story of so long ago.
Reply to me privately. Connect on Linkden.
Ferd and Helen were my wife’s grandparents. Looking for picture of Helen at or around coming to America. Wedding pictures…Can you help?
are we connected on linkedin>