Saturday, July 24, 2010

Dear God,

You lead, direct, and produce transformation. How can a person change their life without divine guidance?

The last few weeks I have been working on the stairway, the handrail, banister, spindles and posts. What a story they have to tell of years of neglect and abuse, of slapped on paint and built up varnish. But you have given me a desire to be gentle and kind as I chipped away the build up, sanded down the lumps and bumps, dug out the old and began the work of renewal. Each section is beginning to show off its "old" new beauty of nearly 200 years.

I know the joy of restoration, renovation and renewal. The 3 R's have been lived out in my own life thanks to you. What might I have been if I remained with my build up, lumps, bumps and old yuck? From the beginning you have been at work on my life, inside my soul. I remember the dark days where the sunlight had nowhere to shine. But today like the stairwell taking on new life, the light radiates in gladness and gratitude to you, the Creator who never stops creating.

God So Full of Grace,
you never
stop working
on your creation.
You know
how much
we are
in need
of your handiwork.
You approach us
with a
merciful, tender hand
and with
a little bit
of nothing
you begin
the labor
of reshaping,
remoulding
and renewing
your original work.
How can
we ever
say thank you?

Love, Andrea