Fat Tuesday

Today marks the end, or shall we say the beginning of a new season. Fat Tuesday as it is called, or Mardi Gras, is the last day before season of Lent kicks in tomorrow. I like how we call today Fat Tuesday, indicative of how 'fat' we've become, and take note, I mean this not in the physical or physiological sense. We've become fat and lethargic in our spiritual exercise. Like a muscle that needs to be moved and stretched, the spiritual muscle has the same propensity to become weak, flabby, basically fat - if we don't use it. Ash Wednesday, the beginning of lent starts off a new time, a new exercise program, so to speak, to exercise and *use* our spiritual muscles. That old saying, "Use it or loose it", speaks well of the very "muscle" that will be the bridge to carry us over this coming season of Lent. Let us start to use it, or loose it.