Friday, December 21, 2012

Dear God,

My mind was busy with tasks still needing to be done as my sewing machine whirred with activity.  I was just half listening to a B rated children's Christmas show when I suddenly heard children singing, "Open your heart to peace..."  Warm tears filled my eyes as I paused letting the sound of the words speak to my own heart.

It is that easy, isn't it?  All we have to do is open ourselves to you and peace comes.  Sometimes it comes in waves or just fills the soul to the top.  Sometimes it just eases the mind or gives a sense of relief.  Sometimes it comes as an unexpected giggle or an increase in faith.  But it comes.

As I went back to my Christmas work, I was aware how many times you have brought peace to me and to others I know.  Every time your peace worked.  It altered the soul's perspective on its own well being.  Your peace invades and makes life better.  Your peace is heaven's gift of faith.

Loving God
so full
of wondrous surprises,
thank you
for thinking
of us.
Thank you
for making
peace possible.
Thank you
for the
sweetness of faith
that gets us there.

Love always, Andrea