Friday, June 10, 2011

Dearest God,

What makes our heart sad? What causes us to miss someone in their absence? What is the longing that exists within us when we are missing from each other's lives?

Emotional and physical distance seems to disrupt the natural flow of life when someone is not with us. Oh, not that we can't function because we can but rather because we miss them. We feel the loss inside ourselves.

I have only been away from my husband for a few days but I miss him. I miss his smile, his embrace, his natural curiosity, and hunger for knowledge. I miss him because you placed within me a love for this man to whom I have been married for more than 25 years.

I'm not sure what love consists of that makes the heart lonely when we are missing from each other. Is it just raw emotion, a shift in body chemicals, or something more?

Good God,
thank you
for putting love
in our lives,
for giving us
the opportunity
to share
with special persons
around us.
Thank you
for love
when it
is missing
and when
it comes
back together.
Thank you,
O God,
for all the
many gifts
that come
with love.

Always, Andrea