Did You Know?

Well, I did find something out about the pancakes which were cooked on Shrove Tuesday when the tradition started. Seems pancakes were a staple food and as a way to use up the rich and fatty ingredients in the cupboard that one was to abstain from (lard, butter, etc) folks made and ate pancakes on the day before the Lenten season began. Probably a wise choice, but if I were getting ready to abstain from rich and fatty foods, seems to me peach cobbler or cheese cake would make a better choice…but that’s just me. Regardless, we have entered the season of Lent and while traditions around the world will vary much, it is a season to prepare us for Easter and the Resurrection. The only real preparation is to realize and admit we are sinners. If we do that we readily realize our need for confession and repentance. We also come face to face with the fact that we cannot atone for our own sins; there is no act of abstinence that will compensate for our sinfulness. We need a Savior and Jesus Christ is that Savior. His was the atoning sacrifice that satisfied God’s sense of justice once for all…the only sacrifice. Edward Mote got it right when he penned these words: "My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus’ name. On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand; all other ground is sinking sand." I pray you’re standing on the Rock.