Thursday, January 2, 2014

Dear God,

What causes one person to hate another?  How much hurt does there have to be in order to despise a person?

I recently encountered someone whose hatred was very apparent.  She made it known to everyone at the table, all twelve of us.  After she moved from her original chair where she did not speak, she exaggerated her feelings of joy at the other end.  I wondered what it would take to break the cycle of pain.

Although I was saddened by the incident, you revealed an insight to me.  While there was an attempt to pull back the scab from the past creating more hurt and pain, you showed me instead the healed spot.  In the past what would have torn a space creating a gushing blood flow, a special suffering, now there is a place of healing revealing where your hand had touched.  No longer a victim I was made aware of just how deep your grace can go into the human soul.

Thank you,
Wondrous God,
for healing.
Thank you
for eternity's love
that is endless.
Thank you
for reminders
of your handiwork.
Thank you
for faith
and inspiration,
for courage
and trust,
and for mercy
that holds us
like a
newborn babe
in mother's arms.
You are God;
there truly is
none like you.

Love always, Andrea