Ash Wednesday in Slow Time

Day 33 of the Bible in 90 Days--BIND for us--is also Ash Wednesday.  The Chronicler has made it through King Joash, and we have made it more than a third of the way through the Bible.  Last night we ate pancakes.  Tonight we have ashes put on our heads.  Time is marked and we keep going.

 

Burning last year's palms from Palm Sunday, for today's ashes.

In just such small steps, God's purposes are being worked out in history.  Just like the people of Israel, the people at Church of the Covenant have a history, even though it's a miniscule part of time compared to the time covered by the Old Testament.  A lifetime is such a short time window, through which we can view history.  Without the witness of deep time, recorded in the scriptures, we could barely glimpse the large story that God is painting through time.  90 days, 90 years, 90 centuries...the canvass is very large.  Unless we step back and view the whole, we will miss the big picture.  Thanks be to God, who gives us the witness of deep time, through the faithful attestations of God's people.