“I cannot function with all of this pressure and nothing to dip.”

by chuckofish

Well, I finished Only Murders in the Building and I think I enjoyed it more the second time. The blog post title really speaks to me. I think I’ve been eating my feelings for two years and at some point this has to stop. My guess is that today is not that day.

I know, I’m a broken record. And yet, how can I not be? The devil is making moves all over the world. Even in the grocery store aisles.

As a newly-minted Presbyterian, I guess I won’t be ducking out of work tomorrow to scoot down the street to church for an Ash Wednesday service this year. And with no lent, I won’t be giving anything up this year, either.

However, I can still get out the Book of Common Prayer. I like both of versions of the Ash Wednesday prayer below.

“Almighty God, you have created us out of the dust of the earth: Grant that these ashes may be to us a sign of our mortality and penitence, that we may remember that it is only by your gracious gift that we are given everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.”

or

“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

Book of Common Prayer

It’s probably a good idea to remind ourselves of this more than once a year, though.