This episode reflects on Ash Wednesday’s call to recognize God as the sole Author of life and to confront the divided “double life” we often live—seeking approval from both God and the world. Sin fractures our identity, driving us to find worth in human praise rather than in God’s grace, yet this striving ultimately fails. The good news is that we do not need to save ourselves: Christ has already borne our sin and restored true life through His death and resurrection, delivering that life through Baptism, forgiveness, and the Lord’s Supper. Freed from the exhausting pursuit of validation, believers are invited to repentance and to receive a unified life in God’s love, living consistently before both God and others as His forgiven children and reflecting His grace to the world.