Monday, February 6, 2012

Dear God,

Joy is spreading, O Lord; your joy is spreading!  The retreatants took to heart the kind of eternal living joy I shared during the retreat. 

Never before has a retreat taken hold like this last retreat.  The topic of joy seems to have spoken to the women seeking another experience with you.  They allowed it to capture their imagination, their heart, and their spirit.  In so doing they embraced what you have to offer every single day.

What boggles my mind is your deep desire to fill us with what is good, helpful, wholesome, and holy.  You want to touch us with love and grace that change us, instilling us with the capacity to be loved and loving.  You want to rearrange our DNA to include joy that can penetrate every part of us.  I believe you want us to see our human potential the way you see it.  You want to wipe away those parts of us that are harmful like self loathing, judgementalism, resentment, bitterness, negativity, and a bent toward living a lackluster life.  You want us to be full of your joy!

As I stand to the side watching the retreatants, I realize once again how you have inspired women who are hungry for you and I am glad, so very glad!

Gracious God,
full of joy
and loving grace,
thank you
for your
miraculous spirit
that moves
among us humans.
Thank you
for the capacity
to be touched,
motivated, and inspired
by your movement
in our lives.
Thank you
for every gift
and blessing
you bring
to us.
And thank you
most of all,
for your power
that tilts us
toward you.

Love, Andrea