Sunday, January 29, 2012

Dear God,

Why does it take so long to find what we have hidden from ourselves?  Why do we close the door on the source of our living joy?

I am stymied at times by our inability to get to the well of living water that will nourish us at the cellular level.  It seems we are paralyzed by circumstances that block our knowledge of what is true about faith inside us.  I know because I have faced this same quandry myself.

Yet, what is amazing and so beautiful is the moment we suddenly discover what we know to be true that the well of living water (faith in liquid form) truly flows freely 24/7.  In the stunning finding, our eyes begin to sparkle, a smile spreads across our face, our body releases itself from its tight hold, and joy, your kind of joy begins to bubble up and overflow.

During our retreat this weekend, I saw many faces of joy, including my own, for we experienced the amazing hope you have placed inside all of us.  Although we know happiness, that temporary cloud that rises and fizzles quickly, we reveled in the pool of heaven's joy. 

Mighty, Powerful, and Loving God,
thank you
for grace
that leads us
to your truth.
Thank you
for your
living joy
that sustains us,
quenching our thirst
like nothing else.
You are God;
there is
no one
like you.

Love always, Andrea