Friday, April 11, 2014

Dear God,

The spiritual and emotional seasons of human living are much like the cycles of nature.  When our alliance with you is strong, when we turn to you and begin to grow, it is like the season of spring.  When we remain close to you drinking from your well of living water, we produce beautiful, colorful blossoms like summer. But if we forget to drink or we puff up with our beauty without acknowledging our source, we begin to wither and die, dropping our leaves like the season of fall.  If we don't learn from our condition, we can grow cold and bare like winter.  However, because your loving mercy never leaves us, the possibility for spring always exists.

I believe nature is one of your greatest gifts because it can teach us about ourselves.  It can be an indicator of where we are in life or where we need to be.  It can guide us to resources where metamorphosis can take place.  It can reveal to us the great benefits of transformation like when a caterpillar becomes a butterfly.  All year long you speak through nature not only to keep us alive but spiritually and emotionally healthy, whole, and wise.  If we keep our eyes on you, anything is possible!

Gracious and Almighty God,
we sit
at your feet
to listen
and learn.
Thank you
for life lessons
that teach us
your way.
Guide us,
Holy One,
down the
sacred path
you have created
for each one
of us.
Grow us
to be beautiful
for you,
I pray.

Love, Andrea