Saturday, October 13, 2012

Dear God,

Thank you for the call to remember, to look back, to reflect upon your mighty movement, to celebrate, and give thankful praise.  If I did not frequently remember, perhaps I would forget what you have done.  I would not live on the constant edge of gratitude.  I would become cynical, afraid, irritable, less forgiving, and faithless.

Remembering keeps me fresh in faith.  It keeps me spiritually alive, awake to your merciful goodness, and incredible power.  It helps me anticipate today's gifts and blessings and gives me resources for life's challenges.  It reminds me of old habits and new ways.  It points me to the greatness and joy of faith.  It inspires me to live more fully in your light.

Today as I sat at the dinner table with my daughter and her family, I remembered your faithfulness.  I recalled the sacred cord that held us together when we were apart for so many years.  I thought of fresh doses of tender care when my insides were raw with weeping.  I called to mind the countless number of people who lovingly prayed for our reunion.  I breathed in joy when through miracle after miracle you circled us together on a cold, crisp, sunny Thanksgiving Day.  Wow!  I didn't put that together.  What day could be more beautiful to see your hand at work than Thanksgiving.

You have taught me to remember you not for just what you have done in my own lifetime but the lifetime of so many across the centuries. And I am grateful, so very grateful!

Generous God,
thank you
for sacred memories
that continue
to feed
my soul.
Thank you
for touching
my life
again and again.
Thank you
for the well
of gratitude
that lives daily
within me.

Love, Andrea