Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Dear God,

Inside our relationship, dear God, I find unknown words, phrases, that lead to new channels of your spirit. In writing my retreat, I discover new ways to ask questions from the inside out, from the side or underneath. Fresh ways that can lead to new discoveries.

How fresh it feels to find those questions lurking inside myself. Hidden tunnels that lead to you.

I remember being in the Middle East, in the Holy Land, and being lead downward into the ground where tunnels had been dug during times of persecution. Underground pathways leading to worship, study, faith.

Pilgrim roads always lead to you. There may be obstacles, danger spots and dark shadows but somehow a true pilgrim will keep on going to find you at the end of the road.

As I finish the retreat, I am amazed at the journey I've taken even as I write. The winding, twisting, turning walk that leads even me, the writer, home.

How wondrous
is the journey
toward you,
God-yet-to-be-Found.
Taking the path
that leads
to you
is the greatest path
on earth.
A thirst
for you,
a hunger
for you,
is all I want,
is all I need,
is yours
to reveal.
Standing on the edge,
awaiting your presence,
I anticipate
your coming.

Love, Andrea