Ash Wednesday doesn't have to be weird

Lots of folks freak about observing in any way Ash Wednesday... it doesn't have to be weird... think of it as a day to meditate upon Genesis 3:20 where God says to Adam (and humanity)..... "for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

"Dust thou art, and to dust thou shalt return." We are only dust and that is reason for humility. But God used the dust to create us in his image. That is reason for joy and gratitude. And even though we shall return to dust, we shall be raised again. That is reason for hope.