Ash Wednesday - Now is the acceptable time.

From today's reading: Yet even now, says the LORD, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the LORD, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing. Joel 2:12-13

This pretty much says it all. Now is the time to come to the Lord. We are made worthy to stand before God, not because of anything that we have done or said or offered, but because Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay the price of our sins. It is never too late, it is never too soon. When we turn to him with sincere hearts, he responds with mercy, and grace, and love.

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. This is an acceptable time (2 Cor. 6:2b) to begin a closer walk with the Lord. It is about opening our hearts to Him, so that He might become more accessible to us. For me, this means daily devotionals, readings and writings. May God bless you as you find the way that you are to open your heart to Him during this season of growing closer.