Saturday, April 30, 2016

Dear God,

One of your greatest gifts is your invitation to go to higher ground.  Wherever we are in life, celebrating, mourning, dancing, crying, enjoying, or stumbling, you invite us to higher ground.  I remember a song entitled Higher Ground which goes something like, "We are standing on holy ground..."  Higher ground, holy ground, you invite us to join you in the heavenly places.

On higher ground we see the world from a different perspective.  We see heaven's joys and enjoy the song of the angels.  We feel the tender care of the Master; you, O Lord, hold us close enabling us to breathe clean, fresh air and dance the dance of faith.  We know whose we are because we are claimed as a child of the Living God.  We are loved beyond any kind of earthly loving.  We are nourished by food and drink by your hand.

As participants of a living faith, we have opportunity not only to be called children of the Heavenly Father but also to carry heaven's joys with us daily.  We can drink from the cup anytime we want.  We can eat heavenly fruit simply because you make it available to us.  Above all, we get to call you Abba, Father, and know we are yours.

Wondrous God,
thank you
for loving us
so much.
Thank you
blessing us
with a
living faith.
Thank you
for joy
that bubbles up
and spills over.

Love, Andrea