Saturday, January 26, 2013

My dearest God,

Thank you for the formidable opportunity to devise a worship experience for the women on retreat.  You brought me the idea of requesting use of the cathedral-like chapel for a candlelight worship experience.  Then I took more than a thousand heartstones and a hundred candles and made a pathway leading to the altar area where we would sit in a circle at the feet of the holy family.  The chapel was already breath-taking in its design. Your spirit was profoundly present.

Shedding their shoes for a walk on holy ground, the women filed in one at a time to the sacred music.  With the lights all aglow and the musical notes rising higher and higher, we sat and listened for the sound of your voice.  Earlier having been anxious and feeling somewhat inadequate to penning a song of the heart for you, at last one by one they shared their heartfelt writings as the circle responded with singing.  It seemed we could hear the sound of angels and saints applauding as hearts were open and spirits were drawn closer to you and one another.

Thank you.

You are
a wondrous God
full of grace
and compassion.
You poured
your love
upon us
as we sought
to lift up
our thoughts,
our devotion,
and our love.
You blessed us
and I pray
we blessed you
with our offerings.

Love, Andrea