Friday, February 10, 2012

Dear God,

This morning I awakened to a question:  Who is welcome to come to your altar?  As quickly as the question came, so did the answer.  Guilty souls dragging their sin behind them, crushed souls carrying their broken hearts in their hands, happy souls singing their alleluias, and even doubting souls with their questions and wonderings.  Everyone is welcome at your altar.

I believe the invitation to your altar is the greatest gift you can offer us.  To know we are welcome as we are, whatever our thoughts or condition, repentant or not, you invite us in, is a wondrous thing, mind boggling really.

As I consider the times I have appeared in your house of many offerings, I remember the miracles I left with, the healings, the hopes, the help, the mercy and compassion.  I have never come to your altar and left empty handed.  I have learned to trust you to draw me, to woo me, to appeal to me.  Every time I discovered new truths and insights, sometimes so beautiful and good. At other times I have observed my own failings.  But always you reached out to me with grace.  Gratitude filled me up to the brim.

And so today as I ponder the wonders of faith that give me access to your altar, I just want to say thank you once again.

God So Full of Love and Grace,
my heart floods
with love
and appreciation.
Let my gratitude
be a sign
of my faith
and trust
in you.
Take it
as a symbol
of my love
and devotion.
Make me
ever ready
to come
when you call.

Love, Andrea