Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Dear God,

It could not have been a more beautiful day.  You breathed your breath upon us as we shared from the depths of our souls.

A member of our church and I met each other for the first time last summer.  We must get together we said to one another as soon as we realized we both loved St. Francis of Assisi.  Time moved swiftly by and we never made the time.  More than a year unfolded before we talked in church again.  Last Sunday we determined to meet at 7:30 a.m. this morning for perhaps coffee and a walk.

We spent little time surface talking as we each recognized a deep spiritual bond with your living spirit.  For hours on the way to see a sick friend in the hospital in another town, to wandering the fabric store, to purchasing flowers at Trader Joe's, to eating lunch in her newly renovated farmhouse, to driving to the next town over for fresh picked peaches, to drinking coffee in the hospital courtyard, and stepping into the woods behind our home and talking about the path I want to create, we shared one story after another, miracles really, visions, chance encounters,  spiritual insights, dreams, and hopes for the future.  All day long we felt the presence of a third person.

Gracious God,
thank you
for spiritual blessings.
Thank for
for an awareness
of your
living presence.
Thank you
for spiritual energy,
anticipation of
divine sightings,
and for love
that comes
when we
open ourselves
to you.

Love, Andrea