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We\u2019re taught by our parents as Christian children not to \u201chate\u201d anyone or anything in any way, shape or form. As Christians we don\u2019t even like the word \u201chate\u201d and sometimes correct our children from using the term. So it\u2019s difficult, even though it makes perfect sense in this case, to start out our Lent saying that we \u201chate\u201d something...and yet, in this instance, we must. We must hate evil. And we must because the Lord does. The Lord abhors evil and as the Psalmist writes it for us in Psalm 5 \u201cevil may not dwell\u201d with Him. As we celebrate Ash Wednesday we do so with the reminder that hating evil is the Lord\u2019s will in our lives and is one piece in the beautiful tapestry of the Christian life!