The ashes are simply a reminder...”remember man that thou art dust...and to dust you shall return” it is not something that we parade around saying look at me I am ashes or fasting...
Yea I notice how all the Catholics run to the "holy water" font to wash them off so no one sees them ...LOL
Riiiiggggghhhhttt! And they don't broadcast what they are doing nor put those ashes center on their forehead either right? Nobody even notices that Catholics do that nor hear from them about it right? You all do it in secret right?
Matthew 6:16 "When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Do as you wish. I just let people know what God thinks of it.
Then one of these beads should do that; right?