Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Dear God,

Hesitation, reluctance, resistance, and obstinacy can ruin opportunities for growth and transformation.  I know I have done everyone of them, I am sorry to say.

Today you showed me what can happen when daily I allow you to remove those negative characteristics from my life.  I realize the opposite of each one is trust.  As you nudge me to trust you and I accept your challenge, I observe the beautiful things you do.

A few years ago when I wanted to stop praying for a family who had hurt me, you insisted that I continue praying.  At first, I was angry.  I spoke their names in anger and resentment.  But surprisingly across the months and then years as I trusted you, my attitude in prayer changed.  I felt only love.  While I prayed specifically for each person by name a strange thing happened.  You changed me.  Lord, you know I needed changing.  That opened the door for possibilities.  Today the fruit of those prayers and your loving grace revealed the beautiful gift you had intended to give and it was wonderful!

Thank you,
Almighty God,
for your
divine work
in human lives.
Thank you
for nudges,
pushes, and challenges
that give us
new opportunities
for growth
and transformation.
Thank you too
for joy
that comes
when we
trust you
and follow
your will.

Love, Andrea