Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Dear God,

How do you fill your people with such great talent? How do you also supply them with passion for what it is you want them to do? How do you do it?

Tonight although I was still very weary I accompanied my husband to an organ concert at the Portland Merrill Auditorium. What I saw and heard blew me away. The organist used no sheet music. Rather he played songs by heart, improvisations using all the ranks of the incredible Kotzschmar organ. As he wove "O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing" with "Amazing Grace", I wondered how it was you planted seeds of creation within him.

As I consider human living, I marvel in your works, the way you fashion us with unique gifts, and then place within us the joy of using those gifts. Although I do not fully understand your ways, I greatly appreciate the work of your hands.

Master Potter,
Great Creator,
how beautiful
is your handiwork.
I revel
in your creativity,
always surprised
by your
infinite possibilities.

Gratefully yours, Andrea