Today's "Lent Encouragement" is by Audrey.

One night I was awakened by a severe storm outside, I became frightened, as one does, when awakened suddenly from sleep by loud noises against the window pane. Where could I go for shelter from the storm? In the Bible, God is often pictured as a mother bird who nestles her young under her wings. Here is security, warmth, protection, provision, love and care. I imagined myself as one of those chicks with my mother - a magnificent eagle, God Himself. I was secure, and I fell back to sleep. What storms are you facing? Psalm 57 verse 1 says: “Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.” Rest secure under the wings of The Almighty.

You can read the whole of Psalm 57 here.