Thursday, October 29, 2009

Dear God,

Dark days will come but the light will always shine. I have learned this truth from my own experience.

Today was gray and rainy. Usually I enjoy a day like today. But for a while I was overcome with my own darkness. I couldn't seem to shake my moodiness. So I just spent the day in tears as I worked on a writing project.

The light broke through as I listened to a new CD entitled, Pipings and Songs, A Musical Journey for the Spirit, I just received from a dear friend. Caroline is not only a professor of voice, she is a creative, talented vocalist. Having just produced a CD with her organ professor friend Carla, she sent me a copy with her very early Christmas letter. I put on her CD and listened as her voice climbed to great heights singing about the divine. I read the words as the music played, "Always, always here in the brightest light through the darkest, longest night; God is always here in the brightest light."

I find myself wondering how it is that light can shine so brightly through the darkness, how hope can rise out of hopelessness and beauty can come from the most unlikely sources. It is you, O God; you have a penchant for the sacred process of transformation. Those with eyes will see it daily.

And so at this day's end, I give thanks and praise as you wipe the tears from my face.

Light-Giving God,
why do
you care
so much?
We do
so little
to cheer up
the world,
to provide
hope and joy
to others,
and to make
a difference
to humanity
around us.
Yet,
O Lord,
when we
are captured
by your light,
we too shine
as a beacon
in the dark.
Keep us mindful
of our privilege
and responsibility.

Love, Andrea