AFTER THE ASHES

Tonight my famiy will attend the Ash Wednesday service at our church. At some point in the service, the Pastor will make the sign of the cross on our foreheads with ashes. We will wear that smudge of ashes either for a brief time or a long time. We will wear that smudge of ashes in private or in puplic. Tomorrow the smudge of ashes will washed off as we begin a new day. That's when the rubber hits the road. After the ashes, what do we do to be identified as followers of the faith? Do the people we work with know that we are Christians except for ashes on our foreheads for a few hours or even minutes once a year? It's our actions not our ashes that identify us as followers of Jesus. I remind you of that, and I remind myself as well. It's what comes after the ashes that matters most. It's not what happens in the Ash Wedneday night service as much as our service in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Don't just go through the actions, but let your actions account for something worth whle.