All In A Days Grace

  The season of Lent is often described as a forty-day journey into the wilderness. Far from being a mere liturgical formality or a hollow religious tradition, it is a purposeful season of preparation and repentance. It is a time when the believer intentionally slows down to behold the weight of the cross and the gravity of the Gospel. To truly understand Lent is to recognize a fundamental spiritual truth: the joy of the empty tomb is only as deep as our realization of why that tomb was necessary in the first place. At the core of the Lenten season lies the cry of the prophets: a persistent, divine call to return to the Lord. In the Old Testament, repentance was frequently marked by outward signs—sackcloth and ashes—intended to reflect an inward breaking. However, the Word of God makes it clear that the external ritual is secondary to the internal reality. In Joel 2:12-13, the Lord declares: "Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and w...