“Yet even now,” says the Lord, “return to me with all your
heart…
Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and
merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in mercy…”
-Joel 2
:12-13
The Father
wants all of your heart: the good, the bad, and the ugly. He will always wait
for you to offer your heart to Him, because He is a kind and gentle Father who
respects the free will of His children. Give Him more of your heart this Lent.
Your Lenten sacrifice is an emptying of yourself or your time. What do you fill
that space or time with? I challenge you to allow Him to fill this space of your heart or this time during your day.
Return to Him in prayer. Ask for the grace to be filled by Him when your
fasting leaves you feeling hollow. When you fail at keeping your Lenten
sacrifice, like the prodigal son who squandered his inheritance, return to Him
in your failure for the Father will be “gracious and merciful, slow to anger,
and abounding in mercy.”
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