Monday, December 6, 2010

My dear God,

In adversity I learned to trust you. As I surrendered my own will and took the step toward you, tomorrow's hope urged me forward. Although I did not know what awaited me, I knew who stood by me.

Today as I listened to a former church member and friend share her own learning through trust, I realized once again how powerful faith is. Life changing, life giving, life enhancing, faith does indeed move mountains of doubt, fear, hopelessness, and despair.

I recognize more and more how trust leads to faith and faith touches one and then another as faith is expressed. I see the ways hope rises from the dead and lives again. When I see your power at work, my spirit is quieted lending itself toward prayer. My words are always inadequate, too small and meager and yet my trust in you grows creating even more space in which to love you.

Gracious God,
you are mighty
but as gentle
as a nightsong.
Thank you
for trust
that appears
at the edge
of my awareness
making my
heart swell
with love
for you.

Always and forever yours, Andrea