Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Dearest God,

When I realized it was my wedding anniversary, I collapsed into tears. My heart broke again. I came crawling to you and like a loving parent you welcomed me.

After I wrote my letter to you, I felt so sad, so forgotten all over again. I opened my windows, put on my music and went to my weedy garden. As I pulled weeds, you whispered to me and this time I cried for another reason.

I began praying for couples, for marriages. First I prayed for my children's marriages and then my husband's children's marriages. I prayed for the marriages of my siblings, my nieces and nephews, my aunts and uncles. I moved on to my friends' marriages and the couples in my former church. Throughout the day new couples came to mind and before I knew it I was praying for strangers around the world asking you to help strengthen couples' lives together. I remembered in prayer individuals who would come together and become partners for life.

You changed my focus. You took my sadness and sorrow and you used it to help others. You put prayer on my lips. In praying for other couples, you put joy into my day. Suddenly I felt lighter, happier. By day's end I could honestly say I had had a very good day.

To move from sorrow to joy was a gesture of divine love. Yesterday your living presence in my life transformed my day. I was not left to wallow in self pity nor was I consumed with my own loss. Rather you paved the way for blessing as you moved me to bless others.

The work
of faith
creates space
for change.
The work
of love
creates opportunity
for healing.
The work
of grace
creates paths
to joy.
You are
my divine hero.

Love and gratitude, Andrea