Saturday, January 2, 2010

Dearest God,

To take your lead, to follow you is a gesture of trust. Generally, I do not know where your path will take me. All I know is I have said yes to you.

In this new year, dear God, I want to be a blind follower, not in the sense of being ignorant or unthinking, I just want to listen, discern, and follow you. I have found the greatest spiritual adventures are those where I trusted you to lead me somewhere. I have surrendered my desire to pave the way, to take me where I wanted to go. History has been made by those who sought you first, acted out of love and then followed.

When I set my heart on something, I am determined to make my way there. But there have been times when my heart's desire was not yours. I made a fool of myself or I made a mistake. Only afterwards did I realize the error of my way.

On the other hand, when you came to me, whispered and I followed, oh the sweet journeys I have taken, the pilgrim paths revealed so much to me and I have experienced the greatest joys of my life. This is the life I want to live in 2010.

Capture my heart
each day,
Precious Lord;
lead me
to you.
Remind me
that the
most beautiful life
is one lived
in your
radiant light.
Challenge me
to follow
even into
deep darkness
if that
is your will,
I pray.
Let your
gracious ray
be the
only light
I follow.

Love, Andrea