Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Dear God,

How many suffering moments have I prayed for you to act, to change my situation, to miraculously wave a magic wand to create a particular outcome?  How many times, O Lord?

Through suffering you show me how vital it is to prepare one's self for change.  There is no substitute for preparation you tell me over and over again.  How am I to learn life lessons if I do not do my part?

I have been preparing for a retreat.  I have been preparing for a video on the life of Jesus.  I have been preparing to design and create a woodland garden complete with spiritual path, altar, statuary, benches and oh, so many plants.  I have been preparing.  You know the plan for each of these.  You know the outcome.  You know what you want.  You know the blessing that will come.

Make me willing
to always prepare
for your blessing.
Forgive me
when I
ask you
to accomplish
a task
I did not
prepare for.
Thank you
for the blessing
of preparation.

Love, Andrea