Saturday, February 27, 2010

My dearest God,

I watched friendship today. I drove to Riley Hospital because a friend asked me to visit her four year old daughter who has a brain tumor. When I arrived there were friends, family members, in laws and acquaintances. I watched the dynamics as persons connected together by friendship shared together.

I once theorized that everything is connected, people, events, situations and more. All that is left for people to do is connect the dots. Sometimes it is difficult to see the dots and to connect them; however, once we do, a picture appears, a new truth emerges, and infinite opportunities present themselves. Ha! Now I know why when I was a little girl that I always loved those books with connect the dot pages.

As I trust more and more in you, the better able I am to discover the dots waiting to be connected, the more I desire to connect the dots, the more joy I gain by making the connections. Why? Because I realize there are some dots I simply cannot connect for whatever reason. I am unwilling. I am blind. I am stubborn. I am afraid.

What I have come to understand is that life is not just about humans. Life includes the divine. I see that every day. I see your hand, your beauty, your miraculous ways, your desires for your children and your potential for our future together. To include you in our own existence brings about revolutions, sometimes teeny tiny, at other times great and life-changing. When I include you in my daily life, it is like I possess a new set of eyes, a new appreciation of life around me, a new kind of strength and hope, and new opportunities for making a difference in the world. I recognize that life is a gift even when it is unsettling, troubling, or distresssing.

Disturbing times seem to provide greater chances for connecting the dots. I can connect with you so you can connect me with discernment, knowledge, courage, strength, hope and spiritual and emotional power. As I will myself to connect to you and the gifts you have for me, the more I will live victoriously, triumphantly, making a witness to others of your life-giving love and power.

O God,
what loving power
you exhibit
to your children.
I watch
and observe
as you
lead and
guide me.
When I
allow you
to connect me
with the present,
letting go
of the past,
I know
I have
a bright future
filled with hope.
In the face
of such promise,
what can
I say
but praise
to you,
my Great Redeemer.

Love, Andrea