Ash Wednesday
“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.” Jl 2:12
I picture myself at the threshold of a door slightly ajar.
My bags, and there are many, surround me.
I am making a choice, what do I bring and what do I leave behind?
I sense that on the other side of this door lies healing,
I look around at all of my bags
there are so many, I can’t possibly take them all,
but I really want to go through the door.
I smell scones and tea, I feel warmth, like a fire in the hearth and
I hear music, or is it laughter?
I feel Love.
I want so much to go, but these bags…
I stand there a moment as if paralyzed trying to decide what to do,
when a hand reaches out…
“Come, follow me” he says.
Welcome to Lent.
