"Even now, declares the Lord, return to Me with all your heart.with fasting and weeping and mourning. Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to. the Lord your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love." Joel 2:12, 13
It is as if God were sending a bouquet of flowers to us saying, "I love you and I have incredible compassion." Lent is a call to bring our whole hearts to God, for He gives His heart to us. How do we come to this God of love, to the One who made a way for us? We come in great sorrow for the ways we have hurt Him and others by our sins, we come weeping over failures that we cannot seem to amend. God's abounding love calls to us through Lent saying, "I am here, My child, and I long for your love, all your love. Your weeping and repentance lead you back to Me."
Are you on your way to God's heart of love?
Medicine from Sacred Scripture:
"The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing."
Zephaniah 3:17
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