Thursday, April 14, 2011

Dear God,

Recently I started thinking about the daily rhythms of life. Like ocean waves that take their cue from earth's gravitational pull, I am wondering about the spiritual pull on an ordinary day.

I have set at the ocean watching the waves come in and go back out. I have observed the tides, high and low, as they occur throughout the day. There is a comfort, a peace as I allow myself to be caught up in meditation.

But what about life's waves? How do they work? How does your spirit inspire a flow? As the ocean waves were destined to do their part, what does your spirit do to move us into a rhythm of spirit?

As I contemplate Psalm 23 I can see a movement, a litany, a word and then a response. "The Lord is my shepherd", the psalmist writes and the human response that follows is, "I shall not want." Is this the movement you have set in motion? Is all of life a presentation, a word, a revelation and then a human response? Is the event or happening a statement that we are expected to respond to?

For example, when you provide a morning sunrise, do you give us a spiritual awareness that inspires us to faith? Does human forgiveness to a human injustice create a moment of spirit? Or a gift to a stranger's need? Is life a litany of divine action and human reply, your act in the world and our conscious, intentional comeback? Isn't this the process of relationship?

O Lord,
inspire us
to faith
every day.
Make us conscious
of your
daily work
so that
we too
may join
the dance
of your spirit,
I pray.

Love, Andrea