Monday, April 25, 2016

Dear God,

You said it yourself, "You will know the truth and the truth will set you free."  You reached out to people not so much to tell them what to believe but to dig a faith in the soil of your love and to trust you to lead them to this truth.  As they discovered this call, they unearthed the truth and they marched in faith.

So it is today, in the muck of our lives, you call us to dig for truth because you know there is treasure in truth.  The benefit of knowing the truth is it sets us free to live a life of faith, love, and mercy.  In the joy of life, you show us how freedom can clear us from all that burdens us down and fills us with joy.  In the perplexities of life, you whisper compassion to us so we can follow your trail to truth.

Show us the way to this truth, O Lord, so we follow you.

Enable us
to trust you
and ourselves
so we
can walk
lives of faith.
Help us recognize
truth as
it is revealed.
Make us
faithful followers,
O Lord,
I pray.

Love, Andrea