Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Dear God,

A self inventory is not easy. It gives me permission to see the truth about myself. I see what others see or perhaps I just see what you see.

It is Lent, a time of truth telling. I cannot hide or escape the truth about myself. I must look, examine myself, let you whisper life's realities to me.

This vulnerable act is so necessary if I really want to understand God's purpose in my life. I must go under the microscope so the truth can be revealed.

There is something so freeing about truth's revelation. I don't have to run away. Once I know the truth, I know the truth. I no longer have to be afraid about knowing it. When I die some day I want to go with all the truth known.

Every little smudge and smear, the darker side of life revealed, but also life's goodness living in me. What joy comes from me is part of the truth about me. What I offer into the universe is part of my life's truth. Being known fully to myself can give me a new meaning in life, an opportunity to make changes, to grab hold of what is beautiful.

Let the truth
be told.
Let me
let you
tell my truth's story.
I want
to be real,
authentic,
a telling
of good and evil,
of light and darkness,
of peace and conflict.
I am human
living with the divine.
May the truth
of my being
become clear
to me
as it is to you.
I am yours.

Love, Andrea