Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Dear God,

Faith, may it be central to all I am in this brand new year.  May I listen more and talk less. May I offer more grace than judgement.  May I love unconditionally and not withhold mercy for any reason.  May I search more for your living presence and live in your light. May I give testimony to that light in the world and may I radiate it in dark places.  May I make for peace in every situation regardless what comes my way.

Sometimes I forget whose I am.  I act as if faith does not exist.  I want my own way.  I am impatient and forgetful of all the blessings you have given me.  But then a new day comes, a new year and you give me another opportunity to recharge my batteries and renew my life. You simply say, "Let's start over."  I breathe in the air of your spirit and replenish my own spirit supply replacing the old, stale air of defeat, sin, pride, resentment, and bitterness.  In your world the air is clean and pure, your spirit is the fragrance of perfume, and your grace is powerful enough to dissolve the worst offense.  "Meet me at the corner of grace," you offer when I make yet another mistake.

In this new year may I look to you for direction and guidance, may I listen for your voice, may I follow your will, and may I bless you.

Holy God,
thank you
for all
the lessons
you taught me
in 2013.
Forgive me
when I fail
to learn
from them
and you have
to teach them
to me again.
You are
my richest blessing,
the hope
of my life,
and the
greatest joy
I have
ever known.
I pray
I will
be a blessing
to you
in this
new year.

Love always, Andrea