Saturday, August 22, 2009

Dearest God,

They cut down the two tall pine trees by our home. The first time they started cutting, the men were stung by bees homed in a hive just feet away. By the time the trees were down the threat of the bee hive was gone.

As I stood by my patio looking at the view everything looked so different. I'm not sure I like it because I really enjoyed those trees. However, they were dying so they had to come down.

All that started me thinking. Things are always changing. Dying takes place even though I may work so hard to resuscitate the dead. Letting go of what used to be is always painful, sometimes causing a near death experience in myself.

When the thought of change comes, it is hard, sometimes extremely difficult. I can't get my mind wrapped around it. I may resist, even with everything I have. When I finally relent, taking the first steps I can feel the sting of change. I may even feel forces trying to stop the change because what is familiar is predictable. But when the idea of change has come over a long period of time and I discern it is a movement of your spirit, I know it is time to follow you into that new and different place. It may feel odd, strange and unfamiliar. But when the change occurs because I have followed you, you enable me to make the transition by allowing me to stay closer to you as long as possible while I adjust.

Your presence
makes all
things possible.
When I listen
and discern,
when I
am obedient,
when I
follow your will,
everything will
look new
and different
because you provide
a fresh,
new perspective.
Life lived
in your will
is always good,
however difficult
it may be.
Help me
to trust you
even when
I feel
the sting
of life.

Love, Andrea