Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Dear God,

I remember 37 years ago today when I gave birth to my third child.  As I enjoyed dinner with my daughter and her family tonight I looked at the birthday girl and I remembered and gave thanks.

I recalled just a couple of weeks ago in a retreat circle lighted only by 100 candles when my daughter shared the value of her faith, how you had inspired her life, and how I had been part of that metamorphosis.  I watched her this evening as we prayed together, each of her children bowing their heads as her 4-year-old Rylan offered the prayer.

I thought of the gift Jill is to her family, to those around her, and to me.  In my mind I reminisced her struggles and her overcoming them largely by faith in you.  I celebrated the power of your grace at work in human life stretching us beyond where we are to where we can be and I breathed a prayer of thanksgiving for my daughter.

You are
the power
of love,
Gracious God.
You strengthen us
by faith
and then
give us
joy incomparable.
Thank you,
thank you.

Love, Andrea