Betsy Hoium - February 26, 2020
It’s not about your status.
Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent. The cross on our foreheads reminds us of our humanness, our sinfulness and our mortality. The disciples are so busy debating who is the greatest that they don't hear Jesus attempting to explain what is going to happen to him.
Scripture References: Mark 9:31-37
From Series: "Lent 2020: It's not about you... but it is."
We get so wrapped up in the “important” things that fill our lives—our status, our stuff, our expectations, our image--that it's jarring to hear “it’s not about you.” Even Jesus’ closest companions keep getting it wrong. They barely notice that Jesus focuses on the young, the humble, the marginalized, and others who rarely have a voice. Join us during Lent as we explore how Jesus flips the script. Once we let get go of our own baggage, we might just discover that it really has been about us all along.