Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Dear God,

Setting my sights on you helps me see life through the lens of faith. As my life is rapidly changing, I remember the constancy of your presence all around me.

Packing boxes with mementos of the past, I see how your hand has touched each thing. My musical tapes, where does music come from if not from you? It has heaven's touch. And my books, every tidbit of knowledge is a result of the process of learning and where does that ability come from at creation? Something, someone divine. Stoles and robes and altar cloths come from sacred threads woven together with grace, love and hope. Angels, pictures, special gifts are ways to see you, to feel the deep connection I have with you. I may be downsizing, giving away gifts to help others in ministry, separating papers, files, books and distributing mementos to friends but my life in you remains intact. A gift with eternal dimensions.

I stop
to express
my gratitude
for a
life lived
in faith.
All that
I have accumulated
over the years
of ministry
remind me
of who
I have
worked for.
It is you,
O Lord,
you.
I thank you
from the bottom
of my heart.

Love, Andrea