Tuesday, April 20, 2010

My dearest God,

Last week I learned again that we do indeed model life for others. People are always watching, especially you. If I am kind and generous, others will be inspired to give. If I am unkind and stingy, others will look at me as a pastor and think it's okay to be the same.

My dear God, I want to be a Christian model of hospitality, love, faith, and hope. I want to emit these qualities because first, I want to please you and secondly, this is the kind of person I want to be. Those persons who have lived meaningful lives challenge me to rise up, to dig deep into the soil of great love and to become the full human being you have called me to be. Why would I want to pass from this world as half the person I could have been?

Lord, thank you
for persons
whose lives
have been
well lived.
Thank you
for their courage,
inspiration,
self giving,
and desire
to serve.
Thank you
for the ways
in which
their witness
touches my life.

Love, Andrea