Saturday, June 11, 2011

Dear God,

I cannot look at the skies without thinking of you. I cannot witness radiant stars against a black night sky without pondering the divine.

Two of my daughters and five of my grandchildren joined me at the planetarium and observatory tonight. As we listened to the college student speak about the planet Saturn and then turn down the lights revealing the Milky Way, my heart was once again yours.

A few years ago I stepped out of a remote southwest mountain chapel into the very dark night when all of a sudden I was terrified by what I saw in the skies. Earlier when I had walked the uneven path to the chapel, there were just a few glowing lights but then the sky was covered. The stars appeared so close that I felt I could reach out and touch them. I was terrified thinking the sky was falling. A pilgrim to the chapel like myself whispered to me that it was the Milky Way. I stumbled several times on the way back because I couldn't stop looking up.

You have so many wonderful surprises awaiting us, O God, treasures yet to be revealed. Powerfully you speak of beauty, mystery, grace, and love. I cannot take it all in.

Why do you give us so much? Why do you offer so many blessings? Why is your love poured out upon a people who so rarely look up?

Master Creator and Lord of Life,
my heart
is full
of you.
I thank you
for your goodness,
your majesty,
and your glory.
You touch
and inspire me
again and again.
What can I say to you?
How can
I express
the fullness
of my gratitude
for such
unwarranted gifts?

Love, Andrea