Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Dear God,

You have shown me how the lack of willingness to be changed can lead to resentment, bitterness, and a lackluster life.  But the desire to be transformed by your hand can bring great rewards. 

The barriers we erect when we fail to trust you to change us can grow larger day by day.  As such more and more obstacles can appear thus making the way to you and others much more difficult.  As we stumble and fall, scraping away the goodness in our own lives, we fail to experience the loving grace you have for us.  So much time, energy, faith, and love are lost because we are too stubborn to take your outstretched hand.

As you know all too well, I have lived in both places.  My own bitter heart kept me from a full life for a long time.  There may have been reasons to feel the way I did but those reasons did not make for a better life.  It was only when I trusted you utterly that the obstacles and barriers began to crumble and collapse making the way toward healing and wholeness.  As I trusted you the reasons for my pain and sorrow began to change as I did and so did those around me.

Today as I reflected upon the relationships I now have with family members both in my own family and in my husband's family, I realize once again how your loving power can change anything for good.

Thank you,
Gracious and Loving God,
for all
your many gifts
and blessings.
Every day
I am reminded
that a
life with you
can lead
to a
grand fulfilling life
but a life
without you
leads nowhere wonderful.
Daily help me
trust you
so that
I may
not miss
one day
without you.

Love, Andrea