Why
Lent?
Why
gather this night to begin?
From
where have we come?
To
where goes our sin?
These
are the questions
within
soul and community,
and
from without ...
from
the world, in all sincerity.
Why
Lent?
Why
gather to be ashened and blamed?
Why
come together
To be
left in our shame?
These
are the feeling
with
which we leave
repenting,
reflecting
what
is it I believe?
Together,
we remember
We
are not god
Together,
we remember
We
come from sod
Remember,
you are dust,
And
to dust you return
Ashes
from this Wednesday
Are
from which we will learn
God
is the one
who
breathed life into us
God
is the one
in
whom we shall trust
Why
Lent?
Why
reflect on the lives we are given?
Why
take the time
When
our time is so slim, and
Why? because God
That’s
right, Gods the One
God
is the One who
has
given God’s Son
To
save us from dust
The
dust we become
To
give us new breath
When
earth life is done
We
gather this day
to be
saved from ourselves
We
gather this day
to
put sin on the shelves
To
listen to God
to
sit, and to pray
To
recognize our lives
but
frail, in dismay
This
story begins
With
reflection, our sin
To
the God who will love us
From
without and within
Why
Lent?
Why
time to reflect and to wonder?
Because
God. Because Jesus.
Because
we surrender.
Surrender
to God
Whats
out of control
Give
it to God
Who
gives peace to our soul
For
we are dust
And
to dust we return
The
end of the story
We
have yet to learn
God
is our maker
Our
creator, our breath
God
is our Savior
And
puts dying, to death
So we
gather this night
To be
ashened and claimed
To
remember God’s story
In
death, God remains
In
life, and in death
We
all are One,
One
in the love of
God’s
only Son
by Brenda L. Froisland. Permission to use with appropriate credit.
