Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Dearest God,

Today was one of the hardest days I have had in a very long time. Multiple issues were revealed today and I had to deal with each one. Health, family, friendship all seem to have come at the same time. Today was filled with grief and pain.

I look at myself and it is easy to become focused just on me. Yes, I could sit for a while and cry. But I already did that. I could believe that my life is just one big sorrow at the moment. But that would not be true. My life is still full of blessings.

Like the author of Ecclesiastes says, "There is a time and season for all things under God's heaven." This is my time of loss, sadness and grief. This is to be expected. Not the particular circumstances, but every life has its share of these. It's the yin of the yin and yang. It is a yin time. The yang will come.

You work, dear God, to lift my chin, to remind me that I am yours, a child of your own loving. You whisper to me the secrets of the universe, unfolding to me your plan for creation. You show me new life in the midst of death. You call me to rise up, to remember, to trust. And while at times I have no energy, you place in my mind and spirit a promise that even this will one day pass. Life will be assuredly different; yet my life with you will remain.

You are constant,
a life-long friend,
dearest God.
In this life
my greatest walk
is with you.
Although
I may be weak
of body,
mind and spirit,
you breathe
into me
your transforming spirit.
You tell me
it is mine,
made for me
like no other.
You teach me
again and again
to trust,
to walk
in faith,
to let go
when I need to,
to pick up
when it is time.
Oh Great Helper,
help me
to learn
from you
the great truths
of divine
human living.

Love always, Andrea