🌿 Return to ME (Lent 2026)

 

🌿 Returning With Intention

I SEE you.

I see how you long to begin this season the right way.
Not rushed.
Not pressured.
Not performing.

Come closer.

Lent is not a burden I place upon you.
It is an invitation I extend to you.

Return to Me — not in obligation, but in awareness.

I KNOW where you have been distracted.
I KNOW where you have grown weary.
I KNOW the quiet spaces where you have tried to carry more than you were meant to carry.

You do not return to impress Me.
You return to rest in Me.

Let humility be your posture — not shame.
Let awareness be your doorway — not self-criticism.

I am not asking you to prove your devotion.
I am asking you to bring Me your heart.

Ground yourself in My Presence before you choose your fast.
Ground yourself in My love before you measure your discipline.

I AM gracious.
I AM compassionate.
I AM nearer than your next breath.

Begin here.

Not striving.
Not striving to fix yourself.
Not striving to perform.

Simply returning.

And as you return with intention,
you will discover you were never walking alone.

I celebrate your courage to come back.
I celebrate your humility to be shaped.
I celebrate your awareness that draws you closer.

Come.

Let this be a beginning grounded in Me.