Thursday, January 9, 2014

Dear God,

After a whopping winter storm and sub zero temperatures, I looked out my window and discovered several paw prints.  Animals had brushed away a couple of areas and taken shelter in my flower garden.  I am pretty sure a cat, a rabbit, and a bird made a temporary home with us.

Every day you tell your story and sing your song alerting us to your presence.  You reveal yourself in ways that guide us to your light, your peace, and your joy. You give us shelter from the storms of life and allow us to tarry a while as we consider and reflect upon our life situations. You warm our hearts, clear our minds, and unclutter our souls.  You show us your love and offer us opportunity to take a walk with you or just to talk. When the time is right, you nudge us forward making the way plain for us to stretch and grow or sometimes to leap, to soar into new places set up just for us.

Your wonders are all around us.  All we have to do is look, trust, and take a step into the wondrous scene before us.  As we pause to think about you, we are blessed yet again by your compassionate hand.

You are generous,
O God;
you show us
signs and scenes
of your
great love.
You use
such moments
to heal us,
to help us,
and to
guide us
into places
of safety.
Then you
move us on
so we
may live victoriously
in your
living presence.
Thank you,
thank you.

Love always, Andrea