Friday, January 20, 2012

Dear God,

Early this morning when I looked out my kitchen window, I noticed deer prints in the snow.  How beautiful it was to witness signs of life in the cold, wintry air.

I wondered if my life had left a print.  I reflected upon my own faith and thought about the ways I could make a mark.  But then I realized that a witness is only made through your help.  You guide us through valleys where you whisper encouragement and hope to us and it is there in our dilemmas where marks are made as we listen and follow you.

These last two years have been a wonder to me.  When I think about where I was three years ago, it all seems a blur.  However, I remember some of our daily chats when you reminded me of the compassionate mercy and power you give to us while we are in the valleys of life.  While blinded by pain and sorrow, I could only take your hand and step inside your footprints.  But today joy seems to be all around me.  It is not hard for me to find you for each day offers signs and wonders.

Your joy
is mine
as I
open my eyes
to see
signs of
your presence.
I revel
when I
realize your closeness.
I am grateful
and filled
with thanksgiving.

Love, Andrea