Monday, September 5, 2016

Dear God,

Change is in the air, not only in the seasons but in my life as well.  Life lessons are coming as you point me to the seasons to show me the way.

Nothing appears to be the same.  Relationships with children and grandchildren seem to be changing.  I can't count on the predictability of life as it once was.  I can't change it, don't really want to, but it is different and I am learning how to adapt to a new normal.

You have taught me that we can't cling to summer.  The flowers are fading and the trees are waiting to color and then let go.  I resonate with that.  What once was is familiar, predictable, and without fuss.  But that is no longer.  I too have to make ready to color and let go, surrender unto the next season that is coming.

Through it all you are teaching me to trust, to give myself over to you, to let you guide my little boat.  Just like summer plants, flowers, trees, and shrubs follow your lead, so must I crawl into the boat, fix the anchor thing in the back that keeps me going in the right direction, and then let the oars go, letting the stream take me.

Loving God,
take me
where you
want me
to go.
Lead me downstream
where opportunity
awaits me.
Fill me
with trust
from on high
so I
will fully surrender
into your care.
Guide my boat home,
I pray.

Love always, Andrea