Monday, September 15, 2008

Dearest God,

Waiting. Waiting. One woman waits, waiting for a movement of your spirit, releasing her for a new job, her son permission to work, her mother's latest results on her cancer, and her ability to stay in America to raise her children. She waits for a legal rendering, aiding her in supporting her children. She waits. She waits in faith.

Such trust, dear God, this woman waits, trusting in you. I hear her voice and I know it is the voice of faith and trust. Although many would collapse under the weight of the burden, she holds on because she trusts in you.

She wants a new job because it will make it possible for her to come to worship, to bring her children to your house to worship. She wants to give praise to you with her sisters and brothers in faith. And when she smiles in faith, your sanctuary lights up touching every soul. She is one of those whose strength of faith is deep down but then you know that. You have distributed faith to every cell of her being. She exudes faith even in lack. Although she calls me for prayer, I find faith in her words, her devotion for you is full, and she waits because she knows that "They who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall rise up on the wings of eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint." These words, your words of Holy Scripture are the source of her faith and trust and her love. And so she waits.

O God,
how blessed
am I
to hear
the voice
of faith.
Your children wait,
waiting for
an answer,
a clear direction,
a leading
of your spirit.
But all the while
they wait
in faith
and trust
in you.
Bless them,
O dear God,
bless them,
I pray.

Love, Andrea