Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Dearest God,

How by phone do you bring perfect strangers together 1200 miles away for sixty eight minutes to do your spirit work and give them joy in the conversation? How do you do it?

This morning I called a mini retreat center in Maine. As the woman and I talked we discovered we had traveled to some of the same places in the world. We were both ordained pastors and retreat leaders. We celebrated a philosophy of wedding psychology with spirituality with the goal of introducing our retreatants to higher levels of faith, spiritual growth, courage to change, and spirit compassion to trust the work of transformation. We laughed and sighed with your spirit as we recognized and acknowledged your living presence in our sharing.

In talking with Joanne I invited her to stay with us a night on her way across the country to her winter home. We believe we have so much to talk about to create safe sacred space whereby women in particular could enter silence allowing your spirit to speak. We hold so much faith in common and a commitment to teach, accept, include, uplift, and bless persons who are on a spiritual journey, a path leading to you.

What do you know of what you want us to do in your ministry to others? How would you have us work together to create posits of loving faith that calls others to peace, contentment, hope, joy, and love? What would you have us do for you?

Loving God,
thank you
for trust
in me,
in us
to do
your work
of faith.
Thank you
for bringing together
your people.
Thank you
for your mission
to help,
to hold,
to love,
to grace,
and finally
to serve.

Love, Andrea