Monday, January 29, 2007

Dear God,

A new day dawns with hope and promise. The subtle light is overtaking the darkness. I can see the snow-covered ground, feel the cold air, making me shiver.

I live with anticipation. Each fresh new day brings a wealth of opportunity. Today will unfold, with what I do not know.

God and I begin each new day together. We awaken together. (Or at least I awaken to God as God waits for me, to shake the sleep from my eyes, to discover God has been with me all night.) I know that nothing that happens will leave me alone, abandoned from the view of God.

There is a hopefulness each new morning. Even if things are going badly, there is still the prospect of God's presence; a warm rush of spirit air fills me. I do nothing alone. On an exceptional day, I will hear God's voice guiding me and I will follow the gentle nudgings of faith. By nightfall I will count the God moments of insight, illumination when God and I were so united together that to breathe in is to take in more of God.

I love the darkness turning to dawn, the reminder that there is a plan for creation. God lifts the darkness, revealing the light. It is the plan, the design of God. And just as God reveals the light, shoving the darkness aside, so will God welcome the darkness at nightfall. A reminder that God is the God of Darkness as well as the God of Light. God of the Day and God of the Night!

A new day dawns with God.

I love you reverently.
I stand and watch,
observing your handiwork.
I see you lifting the darkness
and welcoming it back
each new day.
I see your light
in the eyes of your creatures.
I hear your voice
spoken to children of all ages.
I see the remains of your footsteps
everywhere I walk.
I smell the sweet scent of your presence
in every space.
God in the today.

Love always, Andrea