Marking Ash Wednesday

Today was Ash Wednesday - the first day of Lent.
It's a day of prayer and reflection.
One of the images I'm left with from today's service is how lent is like a cocoon,

that we can wrap ourselves in it, to emerge as a new creation on Easter.
Dear God, help me truly feel your presence, wrapped around me like a cocoon wraps around a caterpillar, during this Lenten Season.
Show me what you want me to learn in this season of reflection and prayer. 
Create something beautiful - just like the butterfly - that will emerge on Easter Sunday.
Amen.