Thursday, July 24, 2014

My dearest God,

Our fears are calmed when we call on your name and trust in your help.  You are the God of mercy!

In flying back home to Maine this afternoon I was cognizant of my trials with fear throughout the years.  My fear of flying came when a man at work shared a dream he had of me on a burning airplane.  What he did not know was I had an airplane ticket to fly to a vacation destination that very day.  That dream has haunted me for nearly forty years.

Fear changes in the face of faith.  Faith is not just a profession we make one day in church.  It is not only a public announcement to the world that we want to follow Christ.  Faith is every day.  Faith is a core component of the human existence because it connects us intentionally to the Great I Am.  Faith is a life of gratitude, one that recognizes the sacred in the midst of the awful, whatever that may be. If I do not cling to you as I flail in fear when flying, I say to the world faith does not exist.  When I pray, lean on you, and do the very thing I fear, I make a witness to faith's power to overcome, to conquer, and to ease my suffering. Although I have to remind myself who I trust when flying, I rest in the arms of the only One who knows me inside and out and I am grateful.

Most Holy and Blessed God,
thank you
for your
gentle reminders
of faith
at work.
Thank you
for your
compassionate mercy.

Love always, Andrea