Thursday, January 8, 2015

Dear God,

I gave up New Year's resolutions a long time ago.  They rarely ever work.  However, this morning three things came to me that I want to commit my life to in this new year.  I want to see more through the eyes of faith.  I want to be full of gratitude.  I want to be more faithful.

In the busyness of life, I frequently forget about seeing life through the eyes of faith.  But isn't that what you do when you look at each of your children?  Surely, you look beyond our scars and imperfections.  You see someone we can't truly see without faith. 

I am not always filled with gratitude.  I am not grateful for injustice, disappointments, and hurts; yet, you have shown me how even in these are gifts and valuable lessons.  When I alert my heart to gratitude, I find the treasure in all things. 

And finally, I am not always faithful.  I am not even faith-full.  I don't always want to practice faith because I am selfish, foolish, and arrogant.  STOP, you say.  Look deep, deeper yet.  Faith is deeper that selfishness, foolhardiness, and arrogance.  Faith is part of your DNA.  It lives and breathes.  Faith is never gone even when it is not presently practiced.  I know this to be true.  At the deepest level of my life is faith.  At times it is a dying ember, at other times a raging fire but it is always alive. This year I want to give in to the raging fire more often, more consistently, and more passionately.

For you, Lord, for you,
I want to see more through the eyes of faith.
I want to be full of gratitude.
I want to be more faithful,
for you, Lord, for you.

Love, Andrea