Sunday, February 15, 2015

Dear God,

You have a way of mending relationships.  You take the stuff of humanity and use your divine tools to restore, renew, and reshape us.  You put your spirit within us.  You give us another chance to live our lives in your sacred, mysterious light.

I listened as the women spoke with each other.  The mother and daughter seemed at home with one other laughing, sharing, and planning.  No one would have known they spent years alienated, isolated from one another.  The pain and sorrow that had built up could have covered an entire city.  Yet, here they were making plans to vacation together.

When we come to you, our bags empty, our hearts broken, and our hands open, you can work your mind-boggling miracles.  You can touch us in ways that only our creator can.  You are the only one capable of shaking us up, reorganizing our priorities, and transforming us.  You plant hope and confidence inside us and you whisper words of encouragement, love, and faith.  As our one great companion, you walk with us and show us the way life can be.  You nudge us forward, smile, and offer the words you shared with others so many years ago, "I will be with you always."

Heavenly Father,
Good, Loving, and Merciful God,
thank you
for your
healing power.
Thank you
for unconditional love
that never
turns us away.
Thank you
for remolding us
and giving us
second chances.
You are indeed
a miracle God.

Love always, Andrea