Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Dear God,

Yesterday is over and gone. I cannot reclaim what was yesterday, yet, I can take from yesterday what was life-giving and let go of that which clawed negatively at my soul.

This morning as I rose up from my bed, I readied myself for church. As I drove a couple of minutes from home, I saw the church rising up from the dry fields. The image itself fed my soul. As always a mid-week experience of spirit-life-in-practice renewed my faith perspective. I drank in the living water that church offers.

As I drove away looking at the church in my rear view mirror, I thought of the countless thousands of times I have discovered you rising up from the barren desert of my soul. How many times in the middle of mundane or difficult circumstances have I suddenly found you full of color and song? A light in the darkness. Life in death. Hope in despair. Joy in sadness. Peace in chaos. Faith in fear.

Resurrection will not be destroyed by death and dying. Although sometimes I refuse to look at new life for a myriad of reasons, new life remains nonetheless. My refusal to see cannot hide the reality of resurrection. Thank God!

Resurrection lives
even within me.
The battle
for new life
continues in
my soul.
Yet, I know
resurrection will
ultimately win.
Keep that
hope alive
within me
so that
I may bear
your light
to the world.

Love, Andrea