Saturday, February 20, 2016

Dear God,

"Live like people who belong to the light,"  the author of Ephesians writes.  Live like people who belong to the light.  We belong to the light because the light is yours, O God.  When we were in darkness, we did not know better but the moment we stepped into the light and we knew the light was yours, everything changed.

Your light compels us to live in the light because the light will always show us the truth.  It will always equip us with everything we need to fight the darkness when it threatens.  It blesses us with love and mercy and grace.  It widens our existence revealing a spirit world where possibility is wide and deep.  Peace lives in the light and has the power to help us overcome difficulties. Hope lives there too because there is no light without hope.  Joy is always available in the light, the kind of joy that bubbles up from the depths of faith.

Every day you invite us to remain in the light or to come to the light if we are walking in darkness.  Every day your light shines upon us even if we do not see it.  The light draws us in and holds us close.  The light is you, O Lord; the light is you.  Live in you is what the author meant, live in you.

Holy God,
thank you
for the light
that warms us,
embraces us,
and holds us tight.
Thank you
for love
that makes
the light exist
for all time.
Thank you
for faith
that helps us
see it.

Love always, Andrea