Thursday, April 18, 2013

Dear God,

Only you can flood the human heart with love, O Lord.  Only you can bring peace to the troubled mind.  Only you can rid the soul of heavy weights that burden and curse.  Only you.

Right now my own list of concerns for others is full at home and around the world.  I pray reminding myself you are the author of merciful compassion.  I lift up individuals, leaders, and nations asking for your help and guidance.  I pray to do my part in bringing more love into the cosmos.

I know what it feels like when a soul is so burdened down and paralyzed that it sees nothing but despair.  But I also know how faith in you can lift the heaviest obstacle.  I know the freedom you offer, the peace.

Every child of the earth is yours.  May we all know it and live as a family, a loving one.

Pour out
your healing salve,
O God.
Restore us
to your creation.
Free us
from burdens
never intended
to weigh
us down.
Help us laugh again.
Bring us
your joy,
I pray.

Love, Andrea