Friday, August 10, 2012

Dear God,

How far can a person fall?  How low can one go before the end comes?

Recently I sat at table with a friend from long ago.  I listened as she shared her woes, ills, and ails.  I remembered back decades ago when we sat and talked, a different day, a different era really.  Although difficulties plagued her from time to time then, today every day is a challenge fraught with doubts and fears.  I wondered how deep a person would plunge before they could experience your arms rescuing them.

I realize life is filled with ups and downs.  I understand how we question you, pleading for answers to life's perplex situations.  I know troubles comes, knocking us off what we believe to be safe ground.  But what does it take before we can acknowledge your living presence speaking profoundly to us to make radical changes in our lives?

I believe faith can lead us to green pastures of fertile growth and to spectacular waterfalls where we can drink as long as we need to.  I believe faith can hold us while we flail in stormy waters.  I believe your grace can assist us in making sense of life issues.  So how do we aid someone who cannot yet see the truth that will set them free?

Show us
the way
to compassionate understanding,
O Lord.
Guide us
to paths
of hope,
courage, and strength.
Take our hand
and lead us
to renewal
and restoration,
I pray.

Love, Andrea