Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Dear God,

Just as you urged us as we were graduating from seminary, we created a covenant group based on just one question: Where is it you find Christ? For nearly 23 years every week we have been asking the same question of one another. Where is it you find Christ?

We did not have to look for the beloved savior today. He came to us so clearly. If we expect miracles both big and small to come, why is it we are always surprised? You appeared in the small spiritual direction room at the monastery. We watched, listened, followed, prayed, and thanked you.

There were just two of us; one was sick. We didn't expect much as the same two of us were together last week. Yet, you had another idea, a very big one. As the question rose in the air, your spirit opened doors and windows to the soul. As we wandered expectantly in the halls of your spirit, one insight after another emerged. Tears glistened as our eyes were opened to new truths or at least new old truths. As we peered into the holy, you spoke love and grace, words and truths to unlock the door closed several decades before. Having only seen life through a keyhole for more than half a lifetime, the possibility now exists for healing, freedom, relationship, and love. Just as a toddler begins to take first steps, this one may begin to live out of hope once again moving out of her longtime darkness.

We have witnessed one miracle after another in this group, not because we have manufactured them but rather because our hearts were open. Who can penetrate the human soul but you, O God? Your compassionate mercy spills out of heaven like the most beautiful waterfall. And we like thirsty souls rise from our beds of despair with our eyes fixed upon eternity as your living water brings life out of death.

Let your
light shine brightly,
dearest Christ;
remove our darkness,
we pray.
Let your light
restore, renew,
revive and
revitalize us
for praise.
You are worthy
of every gift
we have
within us.
Today we
offer up
our devotion,
our love,
and our worship.
Grow our faith
so we
may discover
more praise
within us.
It is
all yours,
God Most High.

Love, Andrea