Friday, August 26, 2011

Dear God,

Do you give the same amount of love and grace to all? Do circumstances make a difference in the dose you give?

To some degree I am an outsider looking through an outside window. I see the play unfolding. I know the characters, their personalities, their challenges, and their needs. It's a sad play really but there is great opportunity for a creative, meaningful ending. Why don't they choose it?

I am always baffled by the extent to which we go to avoid the truth that sets us free. We opt to be right rather than forgiving. We elect to blame and judge rather than take your free gifts, use them to benefit ourselves and others, and create new chapters for life. Why do we do it?

As I continue to watch the current play, I pray so much for a different end than the one that looks fairly obvious. There will be no winners, only losers. Perhaps they are starving for a greater helping of the resources you give.

Pour out
your love
and grace,
O God.
Let it
bring healing,
reconciliation, and restoration.
Let every participant
open their
empty vessels
for your infilling.
Awaken their senses
to your blessing.
Help them
to sing again.

Love, Andrea