Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Dearest God,

Why are we stubborn, resistant to your transforming power? Why do we choose to remain in our ways when a slight shift of faith can alter everything?  Why do we reject your creative solutions to our difficult situations?  Why, O Lord?

I anguish when I watch others suffer.  I want to walk them up eternity's mountain.  I want to usher them to pools of living refreshment. I want to wipe away their tears and open their eyes to faith.  I want to give them new life; yet, I do not have the power to give what only you can give.  Only you, O Lord, can change a human life and spirit, only you.

Help us walk beside family and friends who are suffering.  Help us reach out to the lonely stranger and the neighbor near and far away.  Show us what we can do for our brother or sister who you have made family. Reveal to us the ways we can be your hands and feet, your heart and your compassion.  Help us help those who suffer.

Gracious and Loving God,
thank you
for your
transforming power
that can
make us new.
Thank you
for the opportunity
to be transformed.
Thank you
for giving us
the resources
we need
to lead
transformed lives.
Thank you,
O Lord,
for your
compassionate love
that is
the power behind
all you do.

Love, Andrea