Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Dearest God,

Your healing power is awesome!  You come to us inviting us to come closer.  In spiritually intimate moments you speak to us of transformed lives.  You give us the possibility and the opportunity.  Then your healing begins to unfold.

I used to think that healing was for sick people and it is.  But it is also for people who are downhearted, frightened, lost, stuck, depressed and disappointed.  To each of us you draw near and paint a world picture for us that looks different from where we are at a particular moment in time.  You show us the way our lives can be changed.  You remind us you are the power behind transformation.  We do not enter the process alone; neither do we direct the change.  You do that when we say yes to the invitation.

I have seen you at work again and again changing lives for good.  I have seen you lift dark, black despairing clouds.  I have witnessed you exchange peace for pain.  I have observed fear turned into faith.

As I go about my daily search for you, I marvel at what I find.  Today I celebrate a friend whose YES changed not only her own life but is changing her whole family system.  What was meant to be oppression and terror by some, you have turned into tools for health, joy, comfort, and peace.  Wow!

Gracious God,
thank you
for grace
that can
change anything.
Thank you
for hope
that gives life
the nudge
it needs
for transformation.
Thank you
for love
that breathes in
new life.
Thank you
for joy
that is
an expression
of our acknowledgement
and appreciation
of faith
that has
the power
to make
creative change.

Love always, Andrea