Thursday, March 31, 2016

Dear God,

Springtime challenges us at the deepest part of our soul.  It cries out, "Hey, you, wake up.  It's time to grow again." It awakens us from our sleep, our lethargy, and nudges us to move.  As we watch the soil shift and move, making way for the new flower, we know there is something amiss inside us.  It is love moving and shaking us.

What once appeared dead now shows new life.  It seems a miracle, really, a mystery unfolding.  We know it, we have seen it in the past, but there is a new joy as we watch it happen all over again.  We find ourselves celebrating both for nature but also for ourselves.  Who wants to live dead?

Almighty God,
maker of creation,
thank you
for the
wondrous springtime love
you reveal
to us
each year.
Thank you
for holding us
in our lifelessness
until the
new day,
the new season.
All praise to you!

Love, Andrea