Even now, says the Lord, 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. For gracious and merciful is he, slow to anger, rich in kindness, and relenting in punishment. Perhaps he will again relent and leave behind him a blessing…
Joel 2, 12-14a
Ash Wednesday, and I did it all. Fasting. Weeping. Mourning. Rending heart. Well, most of it. The “return to the Lord, your God” is in process.