Monday, July 14, 2014

Dear God,

When we fail to take care of the human soul, we open the door to every known kind of enemy. We allow an overrun of toxic forces to poison sacred resources at our disposal.  Our very lives can become like the enemies that invade.

Our world seems filled with evil and corruption.  Yet, while I point to others, I confess I never have to leave my own soul to find evidence of neglect and decay.  When I do not pause to soak in your living water or eat from your lavish table of spiritual food or gather for worship with the community of believers, I put myself in harm's way.  I taint and soil my own pathway to the divine.  To reduce it all down to a few words, when I ignore you, I put myself in peril.

The opposite is true.  When I silence myself by tuning out everything else, when I listen instead of talk, when I daily express my thanksgiving, when I worship, when I sing your song, when I read your word, and when I live in the light, my battery is charged, my joy bucket is filled, hope and peace return, insights come, clarity steps forward, and the deadly forces that desire to create my demise are beaten back.  The human soul rejoices because it knows who has filled it with goodness, beauty, and grace.

Thank you,
Holy Father,
for the gift
of your
living spirit.
Thank you
for connecting
with all
your children
wherever we
may be
in life.
Thank you
for being
the source
of good
in human living.
Use whatever
you have
to bring me
back home,
I pray.

Love, Andrea