Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Dear God,

The way to hope is trust.  As we trust you to help us, hope can bud and blossom.

The more I read about great tragedies in our world, the more I realize the way to hope is to trust you.  As we fall at your feet and tell you our story, we find comfort in the only One who can save us from hopelessness and despair.

There are moments in my life when I do a balancing act between hopelessness and hope.  When I look at some situations that seem hopeless to me, I find myself sinking, the weight falling deeper into darkness.  Yet, when I practice my faith believing you are the hope of the world and hope to me, I spring to action pushing faith's weight knocking over the scales with power from on high.  As I trust you, I see more clearly, I believe in possibility, and I feel power erupt inside me.  I know then there is no reason for hopelessness for you are the strength in human life.

God of light and darkness,
thank you
for challenges
of faith.
Thank you
for honing
our skills
and helping us
make discoveries.
Turn our eyes
upon you
so there is
no reason
for hopelessness
and despair.

Love, Andrea