Even congressmen were wearing Mardi Gras beads today :)
At dinner tonight my firstborn and I saw a 60 something year old man with a court jester's hat on.
And, we've eaten our share of King Cakes over the last month...yum!
While I love the history and culture of New Orleans, I wouldn't be there for $1,000,000 tonight...
the final night of the party...the final parade...the final drink...the final night of hedonism...
before Lent begins tomorrow and all the partiers become saints :)
All silliness aside, The Ash Wednesday service is one of my favorites; I am humbled by the symbolism of the cross imprinted on my forehead with ash. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of a 40 day period of repentance before Easter Sunday. I don't usually "give up" something for Lent...but I do try to be more mindful of the reasons I believe what I do and try to live my life in the way that I think God wants me to.
Does that mean I'm going to always do the right thing?
Absolutely not.
Am I going to make mistakes?
You bet.
Am I forgiven?
No doubt.
:)
That's the most beautiful part.
It is indeed!
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Roan
Very well said, I love this time of year. And you're so right as much as I love New Orleans I couldn't imagine being there in the last days of Mardi Gras.
ReplyDeleteIt has to make you wonder whether the congresswomen did the traditional thing to get those Mardi Gras beads?
ReplyDeleteAnd I love that drawing! The colors are so striking.