Friday, March 23, 2012

Dear God,

How can a diagnosed mental illness bend to your power?  How can it transform itself by your loving grace?  How can it find healing?

I know a young woman who is desperately struggling to live normally each day, to let faith lead her, and to awaken to the newness of life.  Some days it is difficult to get out of bed, to tend to her children, and to put one foot in front of the other.  She longs to walk the line of faith, to find images of you, and to give her self to the joys of your spirit.  Although she is in counseling to understand herself and her disease better, she still wants to travel with you through the course of each day trusting your power is sufficient to guide her toward health and wholeness.  Is it possible?

As we look at the seeming impossibilities of life, how do we trust more, reworking the fears that at times rob us of faith?

Let our fears
push us
toward you,
Gracious God,
as we
ask questions
and seek answers.
Help us
be patient
as we listen
for your
calming word
and helpful encouragement.

Love, Andrea