COMING CLEAN ON LENT

Just over three weeks ago, when we smudged ourselves with ash, we promised to repent. But the repentance asked of us is NOT the slavish repentance inspired by paganism. We do not sign ourselves with ash so as to earn forgiveness; the Lord has already won our forgiveness. The repentance now asked of us and in which we ought to positively revel, consists in allowing Jesus Christ kit us out in his own image. It is the age of the Spirit, not of control freaks.


Far from being a beaten team, sent off to lick our wounds and try a little harder next time, this time round being a disciple means allowing the Lord to re-clothe us in his own image. Real repentance then.