Sunday, December 27, 2009

My dearest God,

Reconnecting after a long absence is a wonderful gift. Relationships made several years ago are reawakening and joy is filling my soul.

I am convinced that some relationships are made in heaven, those eternal connections that link us with one another. We may be apart for years, yet when we come together it is as though no time has passed between us.

After giving myself for so long to the church and church work, I am finally building a life again. Not that what I did was not a life, it was just not a personal one separate from what I did. There was no time, no energy for anything else.

I believe you have saved up relationships for me so that at the appropriate time I could once again walk beside friends and they could walk alongside me. I am finding my way back, sometimes stumbling, at other times walking into embracing arms.

O God,
I am grateful
for my friends,
those persons
who willingly share
in my life.
I am thankful
to let go
of so much responsibility
that inhibited me
from sharing
more fully.
Thank you,
Gracious God,
for remaining
by my side
although at times
I did
give myself wholly
to our relationship.
Lead me
in a circle,
I pray,
one that
will always
lead me back
to you.

Love, Andrea