Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Dear God,

As I drove home weary and worn from leading the retreat, I turned on a CD.  Within minutes I heard the singer's words.  "Return to me..."  Tears welled in my eyes as I considered the countless times in my life you sang to me the same words..."return to me."  I thought of the women I had lead on retreat during the weekend.  Each and every one of them had a longing to return to deeper wells of living water and they drank.  They really drank.

On the way home once again I learned a valuable lesson.  You use the ordinary, the common, the daily events of the day to speak to us.  In so many ways you come and engage us.  When our eyes, heart, soul, and mind are open we are enabled to see a layer of spirit world that we do not normally see.  I believe this with all my heart.

As I allowed my mind to remember the last 72 hours, I just breathed my gratitude.  You were our breath, our living water, and our manna from heaven.

Let me sing
your praise,
O God.
You spoke
and we listened.
You loved
and we received.
You fed
and we ate.
You watered
and our thirst
was quenched.
Thank you,
Great and Loving God.

Always yours, Andrea