Friday, April 12, 2013

Dearest God,

You find ways to heal us.  You guide us in the direction of renewal and hope.  You mend and restore us.  All this happens because love and grace are greater than our worst sin and our most painful sorrow.

In sixty six years I have witnessed a great deal.  Always interested in what you are doing in human lives, I watch and wait to see what you will do.  I participate when you call me to hold the hand of someone else or to walk part of their journey with them.  When you have challenged me to change direction or to stop and reflect or to make a mid-course direction in my own life, I have tried to trust you to help me.  Although at times I am like a recalcitrant child, you woo me back revealing how love conquers all.

This morning as I write I look into the darkness knowing sure well that the light will soon come.  It always does just like love and grace.

I am grateful
you do not
leave us
the way
we are
but rather
you offer us
changing times.
Let transformation come,
O Lord,
let it roll
right down
upon us.
As we rise,
make us able
to praise you.

Love, Andrea