Monday, July 16, 2012

Dearest God,

I awakened feeling discouraged this morning.  I had missed being with my friends at Church on the Cape and with my neighbors in two parties for our street this weekend.  It had simply been too hot and I could not go outside.  I could not enter into fellowship with people I love.

And so I worked a while this morning.  Then I ran a few errands.  Too tired to do much else, I laid down on the couch and turned on an old movie, a child's movie entitled The Secret Garden.  As scene after scene passed before me, a strange thing happened.  Hope returned.  I felt encouraged.  I realized that the magic and mystery of faith opens the door to hope and when hope arises, life returns giving renewed opportunities to live in faith.  As I watched the miracle of healing take place in a little boy who was positive he was dying, I sensed a message even for me.  The smallest amount of faith can make great and wondrous things happen.  Bringing hope to life is just one of them.

As I listened to the music as the credits rolled, I felt like praying, giving thanks for the gift of faith and hope and faith again.  As I observed faith and hope, I realized that joy is always just around the corner.  And when there is joy, there is room for more faith and hope and peace.  And, of course, the chance to give thanks to the One who gives them.

God of Power and Love,
thank you
for the
fertile soil
of faith
that gives hope
a chance
to grow.
Thank you
for the
infinite number
of ways
you provide
for us.

Love, Andrea