Thursday, May 5, 2011

Dear God,

It was something in our pastor's message that triggered the thought. What if I was intentional about my every move during the day, pondering my response to the environment around me? At the end of the day I could listen to your response as I asked myself the questions. Was I loving, caring, generous? Did I regard people with joy and tender compassion? Did I give? Did I share? Did I treat the planet and all of nature with a gentle spirit? Was I faithful?

If I lived each day with the thought that you would render an accounting, I am sure I would be more attentive to my thoughts, attitudes, and actions. I would attend to every matter realizing that you are aware of everything about me. If I did not consider this very important part of my life with you, then I would tend to be reckless, careless, and haphazard in my approach to life circumstances. And why would I want to be that way?

Lead me,
O God,
to live eternity
every day.
Help me
to revere
the earth
and all
her peoples.
Teach me
to be
more understanding
and compassionate.
Lead me
to the way
of peace.
Make me
your own,
dearest God,
a child
of the
Living God.

Love, Andrea