Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Dear God,

I have always thought the worst thing that could happen in life is to be forgotten as if a person never existed. To walk among a people and never be noticed is to feel invisible.

It felt that way in our church.  Even efforts to do small things was rejected as if we had nothing to offer.  A sermon reinforced our unworthiness for the years we worked really hard for your kingdom.  We felt small and invisible and so after years of waiting to contribute we left but it really didn't matter to anyone.

Times of rejection can give us opportunity to assess our lives, to take a close look at who we are and what we are about, and to adjust ourselves in new ways.  It can be a time of growth where we take our own tiny seed and put it deeper into sacred soil.  There with the efforts of heaven we can be rained down on with living water.  We can find nutrients that feed our lonely souls.  We can reach for the warmth of the sun radiating down upon us.  Finally, we can stretch and grow taller and taller until we break free in a new kind of freedom and self understanding.  In the process we find our true identity and value in you.

Show us
your mercy,
O Lord,
that we
might grow
in grace
and make
a difference
in this world.
Help us
to glow
with the light
of your son
so we
may shine
your light
on someone else's darkness.
Help us
carry joy
to those
who have lost theirs.
Most of all,
lead us
to those
who are afraid
so we
may assist them
in the way
to faith,
hope, and peace,
I pray.

Love, Andrea