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ash wednesday

returning to love and hope and understanding

Originally Posted on March 5, 2014

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Return to me with your whole heart,
with fasting, and weeping, and mourning;
Rend your hearts, not your garments,
and return to the LORD, your God.

~ Joel 2:12

How will you make way for your return?  Are you giving something up?  Are you adding something in?  Will you weep and mourn?  Most likely.  Will you gaze outward, reach upward, maybe look within?  What can you do this Lent to truly transform your heart and not just change your garments? Continue reading ash wednesday