"It's a cold day" - has two meanings.

I say it has two meanings, I haven't been outside yet today, so I'm assuming that it's cold outside. God said to rest and I woke up with a cold so that is what I am doing today...I rest.  I've taken medicine and I'm feeling better.  I'll go to mass tonight at 6pm.  My head is pounding, my nose is running and I just feel gross. No run for me tonight which makes me sad, but I did have Pizza for lunch and that makes me happy.  I missed Reese Riley's 1st birthday party....booo.  Don't want to spread my germs so I'm staying home and resting today...since it's it the day of rest.

1 Peter 3:21 "(Baptism) which saves you now.  It is not a removal of dirt from the body but an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,..."

I missed this devotional time yesterday...I think I was too busy devoting to my 'sickness."  I did go to mass last night, I stopped by Jason and Michele's for a bit to bring the boys something and then had dinner at a new restaurant around the corner.  I'm actually going to eat the leftovers tonight!  YUMMY!

But back to discussing what I think God was trying to tell us about appealing to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection.  Puts perspective on the reason for the season of Lent. We get 40 days to do just that, appeal to the Lord for a cleansing so that we can be closer to Him and strengthen our relationship.  We should spend these days pleading to our Lord to set us free from the sins that keep us from Him.  We need to let the guilt of sin make us more aware of our wrong doings, we need to acknowledge daily the way we hurt the God who still remains faithful to us, regardless of what we do to Him.  The fact that we do some of those same "sins" over and over again, is painful in itself. How would we feel if that role was reversed?  The pain is unimaginable.  Yet the Lord bore even more on the cross so we would never have to feel that sort of pain.