Friday, October 18, 2013

Dear God,

I learned the lesson a long time ago.  Valley experiences follow mountain top highs.  We cannot live forever on the mountain.  However, we can live with you wherever we are.

Life is gift.  Mountain and valley meet when we acknowledge this.  Faith appears and we are able to celebrate with you our highs or we are able to share with you our misery, our pain, our sorrow, or our fear. Life is gift either way because it offers us opportunity to grow, to mature, to rise up, to change, or to share our deepest selves.

Sometimes I forget or resist. I get caught up in my self and fail to take the outstretched hand. I turn away.  I feel sorry for myself or I don't want to change.  When I do, I miss the blessing.

Forgive me,
O God,
I pray.
Teach me
to trust again.
Forgive my
foolish ways.
Remake me...again,
I ask.

Love, Andrea