Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Dear God,

Today is a blank slate.  The sun has not even yet begun to rise.  I look out into the darkness and I proclaim my faith.  You are God; there is none like you.

It is easy to speak of faith when the light is radiant, glowing in all its glory.  Sometimes it is not as easy when the darkness is all around.  Yet, perhaps the darkness is the best time to declare faith.  It is precisely when it is dark that faith is needed.

I think back over the dark times of my life.  When I had cancer, when my marriage was at an all-time low, when our family was estranged, when my daughter had cancer, when my parathyroid was inadvertently removed during surgery, when my child was having emotional difficulties, when my mother was dying next to me, when my church was struggling, not to speak of times of great national and international darkness like human trafficking, war, and global poverty.  In the midst of overwhelming darkness it is at times very difficult to declare faith; yet, there is no better time.

As I look at today yet unformed while the darkness has reign, you call to me to speak once again.  You are God; there is none like you.

Holy God,
Great Wonder,
thank you
for darkness
that points us
to the light.
Thank you
for light
that reminds us
of the nature
of darkness
and the call
to be light.

Love, Andrea