Take These Ashes/

To the Desert Follow Me

 Sarah Hart
 Vocal arr. by Scott Soper

INTRO (q = ca. 82)

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Ash Wed:
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Take these ash - es
To the de - sert

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raised and to dust you shall re - turn.

hope. To the de - sert fol - low me.

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 Take These Ashes/To the Desert Follow Me, cont. (2)

VERSES

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1. Re - turn to me with all your heart; let go the world and come to
an - ger is my way; my cup is filled with love for
3. Gath - er my peo - ple, says the Lord. Oh, let them come to heal - ing
4. A bless - ing I will give to you, all you who wan - der and who
5. I will em - brace your ev - ery wound, for I am balm to heal your
6. My good - ness flows out of my heart o - ver the ones I came to
7. I will re - new your wea - ry heart and keep you al - ways in my
8. I will bring beau - ty from the ruin, a feast of hope from ash and
9. The light you bear shall be as dawn; your bonds of sin my love will

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me.
you.
peace,
thirst.
pain.
save.
sight;
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will not
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de - sert
shall not
I will
give you a
heart and not your clothes,
send you to the

soon will bear a spring;

weep for - ev - er - more;
cleanse you of your sin,
spir - it that is
foe,
chil - dren, lost and found,

new;
for I
nor scorn the
in - to this
am

for - giv - ing

I have re -
re - place your
re - store the
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8. dust. This land will bloom just as be - fore. My sav - ing
9. break. In - jus - tice shall be o - ver - come, and you will

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1. kind, my name is mer - cy.

2. ones I come to res - cue.
3. place of love’s re - veal - ing.
4. wa - ter shall re - store you.
5. mem - bered you, my chil - dren.
6. guilt with my com - pas - sion.
7. joy of your sal - va - tion.
8. Word, it is for - ev - er.
9. rise with me, be - lov - ed.

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