Sunday, February 26, 2012

Dearest God,

Many years ago you told me that silence is not just the absence of sound but rather an invisible world where your visible spirit is much alive.  You told me not to be afraid because I was.  How do you travel to this place and not fall off the edge of the world? I asked.  You laughed and told me the spiritual world has always existed, full of truth, color, hope, possibility, challenge, and love.  You urged me to step into this world with the whole of me and you said I would not be disappointed.  I didn't completely understand; yet, I gave myself to silence in a way different than just turning off the sound.  You were right; I found something so beautiful, warm, inviting, hospitable, and loving that I learned to trust it right away.

Silence has been an answer to my cluttered mind and soul.  It has welcomed me in peace and showered me with pictures of hope.  It has provided an open door to wonder and sometimes even merriment.  It has always given me an opportunity to move from where I was to a new place where hope was the mover.  It revealed to me a gentle power that enabled me to see myself in the light of mercy.  It also showed me the sides of truth that before I was not able to see.  It provided courage, a raw, bold strength to change myself which often transformed my situation.  Silence has drawn me closer to you and to the potential of faith in all of life.

God So Full of Mystery,
your love
woos me
to your side.
Why would
I not want
to step forward?
Teach me
to keep
myself open
to the movement
of your spirit.
Help me
to dispose
of all
the static
I create
when I
am resistant.
Gentle Spirit,
thank you
for our
pilgrimages together.
They are
by far
the most
beautiful times
of my life.

Yours, Andrea