Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Dearest God,

I wonder why we celebrate Christmas every year. Is it just to commemorate a wondrous event, the birth of Jesus Christ so many, many years ago or is it to glorify his birth in us yesterday, today, and even tomorrow? If we can't rejoice in his birthing process in us today, then how can we possibly honor an ancient happening 2,000 years ago?

I've come to realize that birthing faith in the man of Bethlehem is my greatest challenge every day and not just in my own life but I feel called to assist as a midwife in the birth of faith in others.

I write my letters with you every day because I believe we share a living relationship, you and I. Every time I write I sense your abiding presence. Like a journalist, I discover the news of your appearance and it so delights me that I want to share it.

As I open myself to yet a deeper place with you, I know I am making way for new birth to happen in me. More than anything I want my life with you to be alive, vibrant, joyous, real, and an authentic testimony of faith in this world. I want to walk my talk and live my beliefs. I am blessed and so I want my relationship with you to be a possible birthing event in others.

Gracious and Wonderful God,
today give birth
in me
and all
your children
in creation.
Remind us
that faith
is the
greatest gift
of Christmas,
anything less
is of
no great value.
Daily teach us
to stretch ourselves,
making room
for new life
in you.

Love, Andrea