Emphasis Preaching Journal
Ashes
Commentary
Most of us are aware of ashes as a symbol of a repentant heart and spirit and have heard this theme pressed at the beginning of many Lenten seasons. Maybe we ought to let our imagination loose for a moment or two and let ashes speak to us in other ways.
Symbol of death. Ashes are what is left when the body is gone. Ashes can symbolize the fact that we are nothing, have nothing to bring or offer and an acknowledgment that if we are to be made into anything, we are like those in Ezekiel ïs valley of dry bones -- a people completely dependent on God for new life.
Symbol of death. Ashes are what is left when the body is gone. Ashes can symbolize the fact that we are nothing, have nothing to bring or offer and an acknowledgment that if we are to be made into anything, we are like those in Ezekiel ïs valley of dry bones -- a people completely dependent on God for new life.