Thursday, January 29, 2015

Dear God,

When my covenant group member called for silence, you drew me to the desert once again.  There I heard the words, "Oh, the sweetness of grace."  For several minutes of silence, the words swirled around in my head.  I didn't realize then how soon that grace would spill over onto me.

Today my daughter and I got together one month after a huge rolling ball of misunderstanding, emotions, and hysteria struck our family.  No one could make sense of it but everyone got caught up in it.  Sadness, doubt, and anger filled the air creating a dark cloud.  Until today.  My daughter reached out.  She was ready.  I had been waiting.  We got together.  We talked.  We cleared up matters.  Insights came.  Your hand was at work.  We both said so.  Grace came.

Anything is possible when we open our eyes to faith.  When we listen to the sounds of heaven, we hear a different song than the one we are singing.  We see a different picture than the only one we have been seeing for a long time.  We breathe in the fresh air of grace and everything looks different.  We see what you have been trying to show us.  And we are blessed, really blessed.

Blessed God,
thank you
for merciful compassion.
Thank you
for your patience
and understanding.
Thank you
for time
to reflect,
to step
toward you,
and to listen
to the facts
as you
see them.
Thank you
for forgiveness.

Love, Andrea