Relent. This word has multiple definitions. This Lent our theme is Re Lent, leaning on the definition that means to cease resistance. On Ash Wednesday, we read from Joel 2, where the prophet tells the people that the Lord says, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning…Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishment.”
God, our gracious and merciful God, calls us to return, to stop resisting, and to come home. That is our call this Lent, to return to God.
Each week in Lent, we focus on scripture from the book of Matthew. Each week ties to a “Re” word. For instance, in the first week, we heard about forgiveness in Matthew 18, and we considered the word repent.
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