In our neck of the woods, on the Florida Gulf Coast, near neighbor to the oldest Mardi Gras celebration in the nation (in Mobile) and the largest (in New Orleans), there are a lot of folks feasting and partying today, perhaps because Lent begins tomorrow, or perhaps because they’ve always done it this way in their families.
I was trying to explain all this last night, to my poor husband, who is now taking the fourth day of call in a 5-day period, and is trying to understand what the big deal is.
This morning, I am thinking that we have great reason to celebrate this fat Tuesday, and when I think of celebrating the good news, this favorite song by Welcome Wagon comes to mind…So listen to this and get up and dance at the good news that the Son of Righteousness has come with healing in his wings!
But for you who fear my name,
the sun of righteousness will rise
with healing in his wings.
And you shall go forth again,
skip about like calves
coming from their stalls at last.
You shall be my very own
on the day that I
cause you to be my special home.
I shall spare you as a man,
as compassion on his son
who does the best he can.
But for you who fear my name,
the sun of righteousness will rise
with healing in his wings.
And you shall go forth again,
skip about like calves
coming from their stalls at last.
You shall be my very own
on the day that I
cause you to be my special home.
I shall spare you as a man,
as compassion on his son
who does the best he can.
(instrumental)
But for you who fear my name,
the sun of righteousness will rise
with healing in his wings.
And you shall go forth again,
skip about like calves
coming from their stalls at last.
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