Friday, December 26, 2014

Dear God,

Your will constantly battles for our soul.  You want so much for us to bend, to yield to you because you know in doing so, we will feel the unfathomable warmth of your love, the unspeakable power of your grace, and the overflowing fountain of your joy.  You know healing will be made possible; hope will come alive, and death will be tossed into the sea.  You will claim us as children in such a way that we will know once and for all, we are your kids, the children of the beloved.

Sometimes we lose our way, caught up in sin or doubt, or even in memories of the past that haunt us when we sleep.  Tortured by unresolved conflict or pain we feel the ever-turning knife of grief believing nothing will ever change.  Yet, there is more to the story, more to every story and that is you are with us.  Sometimes you are silent, waiting for the prized moment when we are open to the light pervading our darkness. When that light comes, anything can happen, anything you want for us.

Heavenly Father,

lead us
to the light.

Bend us

to your will
so the healing
can begin.

Be our light,
our way,
and our truth.

Lead us to love
so the pieces
of our hearts
can come back together again.

Lead us
to peace
because therein
we find you.
 

Love, Andrea