Ash Wednesday is a solemn observance that leads into a period of fasting, abstinence and penitence. These forty days remind us of the period of fasting that our Lord observed in the Judean wilderness. Today as we receive the ashes we are reminded that we come from dust, and to dust we shall return. So grab your Bible, open it to Matthew Chapter 6, and join us as we look at "Beauty from Ashes."
Matthew 6:1-6,16-18
Recorded at Hudson UMC on March 5, 2014 (First published April 4, 2014)
S.D.G.