Friday, November 25, 2011

Dear God,

You create love in us. You cause a stirring of the heart, an awakening, an enlivening experience that motivates a person to look afresh on the scene before them. Whether a budding relationship with a person or a magnificent view of nature or a picture of a newborn or whatever, you inspire us to get connected, to link up with something or someone that instills a new kind of living inside us. Love is born when we allow the stimulus to shake us.

As I reflect on love in my own life, I realize I am in love with so much. I love my husband, my children, and my grandchildren. I love the rest of my family and friends. I love the church, nature, hope, faith, and every picture associated with them. I love life, the gift of breath, the countless things I hear from a grandchild's voice saying I love you, Grandma, to the sound of bells ringing or gonging pervading a space with beautiful melodies. I love music, the sound of joy, and hope when it is found. I love you.

Thank you,
dearest God,
for love
outside and
inside me.
Thank you
for love
that binds wounds
and heals souls.
Thank you
for love
that makes me smile.
Thank you
for faith
that shapes
new eyes
for seeing
and new ears
for hearing love
when it
comes along.
Thank you
for loving us,
for loving me.

Forever yours, Andrea