Saturday, March 26, 2016

Dear God,

Your timing is perfect.  The day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday is a day to prepare our hearts and minds.  It is a day to reflect upon our faith.  Do we have any?  Do we believe?  Is our faith like every other part of our life or is it different?  If we have faith, is it lively, believable, and authentic?  Are we really ready to meet a resurrected Christ?

The day is always filled with a flurry of activity, grocery shopping, cleaning, cooking, baking, and setting up for a big dinner.  More often than not, I am ready to drop at the end of the day just like today. 

But deep down inside, there is a stirring, an anticipation, and a realization that I am loved in spite of my own lack of obedience, devotion, and service.  Because of that all day long I think of you, the cross, the tomb, and the unconditional love.  I come to the awareness of the great gift on Good Friday and I find myself repenting, wanting to cleanse myself of sin, and to be a better citizen of your kingdom here on earth.  My heart is softened toward others because I know the gift is based on a kind of love this world knows nothing about, not really.  How can I not love if I am so loved?  By day's end I have done the work of faith, not perfectly, but I have journeyed from morning to night thinking your life and my own, deeply connected together and I offer my thanks.

Holy God,
giver of reflecting days,
thank you
for this day,
this Saturday,
this holy day
of remembering,
cleaning up,
and making ready.
Thank you
for faith
that makes Easter
in my soul possible.
I love you.

Love always, Andrea