Lenten Prayers

This Lent, I am working through a book entitled Writing to God: 40 Days of Praying With my Pen. Each day, I am given a scripture, and then am invited to write a prayer. I'll be posting many, if not all, of my prayers here as time and internet access permit.

I pray for you a meaningful Lenten journey.

Ash Wednesday

Ezekiel 37:1-3

The valley, bowl of bones

prompts tears. I see

my life scattered there,

chipped, broken, dry.

How did I survive?

Harsh sun beat down

severe, unyielding.

Looking closer I see

ground beneath watered by

unseen Source, soaking,

seeping up, easing the dryness,

cupping the brokenness,

soothing, sustaining, shielding.

Can these bones live? Ah,

already they are coming to life!