Saturday, September 1, 2007

Dear God,

I cannot fully see the way you see, dear God. I have a linear vision. I may see the beginning and the end, but my path of vision is one way. Today I saw a multi-layer vision.

I had come to the end of the road. My vision stopped there. I could go no further. I had offered all I could to a friend who was in trouble. (That's where your picture was much wider than my own.) I called for help. And he came. I went back to my painting while the two talked. I prayed.

Sometime later they stepped into the house. The lines of worry, anxiety and fear were gone from her face. Resignation, yes, but with a clearer picture in her mind, she looked more at peace.

The pictures I draw in my own mind are limited, small. When I engage in them, I can only go so far. But when I reach toward the stars to find you, my vision widens. When I ask for your help, my resources become an infinite number. You see the whole scope of things. You know the answer to each dilemma. I just get stuck when I rely only on my own vision.

This multi-layered thinking is a sacred activity. When my vision is too small, it is because I am wearing blinders. I can't see outside my own mind, my own box. But when I allow you to remove the blinders, I suddenly see so much more. I am enabled to see in deeper, ever-widening ways. I see infinite possibilities. So much more potential to life. Your vision is multi-layered in every way. And when I permit myself to see as you see, my vision becomes your vision. I too can see in multi-layers.

Healing. Hope. Wholeness. Visions of loveliness are possible with you. When I trust in your power, I can see what you have to offer.

Help me
live without blinders.
I want
to see
your vision
every day.
I want
to engage
in life
from any
and all layers.
I want
to be able
to climb up
or descend down
or move
to the side
as you envision me.
I want
to move freely
among the layers
simply because
you desire it.
Teach me,
Lord,
teach me
to be open
to your spirit-lead vision.
Teach me
to follow.

Love, Andrea