Spiritual Awakening:Fat Tuesday A Time For Praise and Confession!!!
Mardi Gras” (pron.: /ˈmɑrdiɡrɑː/), “Mardi Gras season“, and “Carnival season“,[1][2][3][4][5] in English, refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after Epiphany and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi gras is French for Fat Tuesday, referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which begins on Ash Wednesday. The day is sometimes referred to as Shrove Tuesday, from the word shrive, meaning “confess.”[6] Related popular practices are associated with celebrations before the fasting and religious obligations associated with the penitential season of Lent.
As we begin to indulge and satisfy our vices on Fat Tuesday we begin to realize that starting on Ash Wednesday we will have 40 days to praise and worship while also confessing our trespasses so that we can strengthen our mind, body, soul connection and again create a oneness with our creator. The day before Lent we go a bit nuts and stray from the teachings of our own spirituality in an effort to prepare ourselves for the joy that will come from our obedience to GOD during Lent. What will you indulge in today that you will give up for 40 days starting tomorrow hoping to permanately give it up so as to glorify the GOD in you and creating the oneness with GOD himself. It is through praise and worship and confession that we create a oneness with our creator and thus begin to take action to be a shining light for others to see.