Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Dear God,

The great writer Henri Nouwen writes the cup of sorrow is also the cup of joy.  How can sorrow be joy particularly if the situation, whatever that may be, remains the same?  How can dying bring joy?  How can loss be joy?  How can neglect offer joy?  It can’t unless it is witnessed through the eyes of faith.

There is a layer of life we cannot see.  It is invisible to the naked eye but when faith is applied, practiced, an opening appears and we see what we could not see.  We hear the voice of our Lord calling to us.  We touch the living presence of God who reveals joy in our sorrow.  The moment we take your hand, Loving God, we are enabled to enter this other world that awaits us.

 

I have tasted the sweetness of joy in the midst of pain.  Overwhelmed with love from on high I recognize the gift that comes in knowing you.  Like the psalmist says you will turn our mourning into dancing.  As we trust in you, Almighty God, you shift our focus from sorrow to joy.

 

Blessed Lord,

you are

our fortress,

our refuge.

You speak

to the heart

of unwavering love.

You replace

our pain

with peace.

Thank you.

 

Love, Andrea