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"People got to have parties!" - A New Castle County Police Officer
So first off, let me say, I agree with the Officer in question. (1/*)
10:40 AM - Feb 28, 2023
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On that particular occasion, I disagreed with exactly how loud that neighbor's party should be and for how long it should be that loud. Have a good time, but let's not make the floor in my 2nd story bathroom vibrate. I don't think that's unreasonable. (2/*)
10:41 AM - Feb 28, 2023
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Now that the background on the quote is out of the way, I want to share the real reason I was thinking about that saying. (3/*)
10:41 AM - Feb 28, 2023
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As I mentioned a few days ago, Lent, a time when celebrations, Hallelujahs and feasts generally cease, covers a span that is actually longer than forty days. It is 46 days, but we subtract the Sundays (6 of them) and arrive at 40.
But . . . why do we do that? (4/*)
10:42 AM - Feb 28, 2023
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I mean, in Lent we are preparing for the betrayal, brutal torture, bitter sacrificial death and placement in the grave of our Beloved Jesus Christ.
It is a serious and sober time. (5/*)
10:43 AM - Feb 28, 2023
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We are supposed to be emulating the time Jesus spent preparing to make the ultimate Sacrifice for a people, living, dead and yet to be born, who really didn't deserve it.
So why not those 6 days, as well?
I am neither called nor ordained, so I am not an expert, but this is what I think. (6/*)
10:44 AM - Feb 28, 2023
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In Lent we are remembering a serious and sober thing.
It may be the most serious thing we can think about or experience. (7/*)
10:45 AM - Feb 28, 2023
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Imagine if any one of us had to bear the full burden of what Christ contemplated and experienced while he was in the wilderness and the adversary tried to test Him. (8/*)
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10:46 AM - Feb 28, 2023
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The grinding loneliness, pain, hunger and thirst would crush and likely kill any of us. How could any of us live or endure over a month and a half without sustenance, comfort - even a glimmer of hope or joy?
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10:47 AM - Feb 28, 2023
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The simple truth is, in our frailty, we could not hope to complete successfully or even merely endure such a task.
Which is why God sent His only and Beloved Son, instead.
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