Opening Prayer:   
May I open to the strength within me and know that it comes from God.
Scripture: Psalms 25:1
"To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul; my God, I put my trust in you."

Introduction: 
Lent is a time for self-reflection, a time to step alone into the wilderness. A time to look deep within and ask of yourself, "Who am l, really?"
Each of the three temptations Jesus faced in the wilderness were really questions of identity. Questions about who Jesus truly was. It's difficult to imagine Jesus struggling with his identity yet he was human with human traits, strengths, weaknesses, and doubts. Could the devil's temptations have fueled doubts in Jesus's mind about himself? "Since you are truly God's son, you can easily turn stones into bread, jump from the temple without harm, worship me and become god," the devil taunted. "Why don't you do these things and prove beyond a doubt that you are indeed the Son of God."
Perhaps Jesus was tempted to prove who he was but instead he turned away from the allure of glory to the holiness of his humility. His struggle was over and he spoke to the devil, using Scripture to make it clear in no uncertain terms that he was not self-sufficient but was dependent on God, his Father. He knew who he was.
This week in the Labyrinth, spend time just as Jesus did with the question, "Who am I, really?"
Pause for Thought:  
“Now I am grown up and have not time for anything but the essentials.”  Thomas Merton
Preparatory Prayer:  
May I be open to who I truly am.
Labyrinth Walk:  
Today, as you walk the Labyrinth, open to the question, "Who am I, really?" As you head toward the center, invite things that define you to come into your mind. These might be thoughts, feelings, images, labels, titles, nouns, adjectives, verbs. Avoid judgments about them and try not to get caught up in their stories. No need to force anything to come. Just let things drift in and out of your mind. Pause along the way, if you like.
When you reach the center, give thanks to God for who you are. Remember the things that came to mind as you strolled down the path. Consider Mertin's quote. "l have not time for anything but the essentials." What does this say to you about your identity? Of all those things that came to mind, which of them are essential to revealing who you truly are?
Of the essential things, what is most essential?  Remember what was most essential to Jesus. Remember his refusal to allow his identity to be about his ego, his abilities and accomplishments. Rather, he knew in his humility that his identity was totally linked to God. He knew that all that he was, was of God.
When you are ready to follow the path out, imagine that you are leaving all the nonessentials about who you are behind in the center. You are taking only the most essential things with you out into the world, the most essential one being that you are a child of God.
You may want to walk around the circumference of the Labyrinth. This is a time to process your experience.  You might also want to write about it in a prayer journal.