Sunday, January 13, 2013

My dearest God,

We returned to your star and how easy it was.  For your light shines brighter than all the rest.  After a while of following other lights, we watch as they fizzle and fade.  But your light continues to shine

I had provided a gourmet meal with the help of a few other cooks, designed and orchestrated an Epiphany Trivia Quiz, handed out prizes to the winners, and then shared about the star that shone over Bethlehem.  After providing a "star" moment of my own, I invited others to share theirs.  My, how your radiance glowed in our home as one after the other offered beautiful insights.

After reading the story of your light shining in the darkness, the one the magi followed to the manger, we sang epiphany songs a cappella.  What a sweet, beautiful, awe-inspiring moment we experienced together.  We sensed your glorious presence as we sang and smiled at one another, giving that look that we knew, that we knew, that we knew you were with us.

The more we look up, the more we trust the brightest star, the more we surrender to you, the more  we walk by faith, the more we realize what a blessed gift you are, the best gift ever given.

Holy God,
thank you
for those
phenomenal moments
when heaven
touches earth.
Thank you
for radically
making yourself apparent
to us.
Thank you
for embracing us
with your
sacred divine.

Love, Andrea