I came up out of the waters

   The heavens were opened

I heard the words that changed me

   You are my child

   You are my beloved

   I am well pleased with you

I was overwhelmend with Love

   I stumbled into the wilderness

I heard the words that tempted me

   God has only one Son

   How could you be beloved

   You don’t please anyone

Some say Lent only lasted forty days and nights

   I have found it to last a lifetime

      Especially when I hunger for more

      Or when I thirst for the drink of accomplishment

But when I fast

   Which for me means slowing down

      Embracing the silence

Then I hear a still small voice say

   You are my child

   You are my beloved

   I am well pleased with you

The heavens are opened

   The spirit of God alights on me and says

      You are mine