Friday, September 29, 2017

Dear God,

How good to be in your presence, Holy One.  Thank you for the blessing of faith to recognize your presence in our midst.  Blessed are you, God of All Creation.

So often we go about our day as if you are absent.  We speak, behave, and act in ways that are not godly.  We set you aside and follow our own way.  Those days are not beautiful days because we forfeit the divine in daily activities.  It does not mean you are not there.  It simply means we do not give priority to your presence.  We do not engage you in difficult times.  We take credit for what unfolds before us rather than giving praise and thanksgiving and living in gratitude.

But on those days, in those times when spirit divine and human spirit walk together, something most exquisite happens and joy is made together. 

My heart
is full
of love
for you,
Creator God.
Thank you
for your presence
in my life.
Forgive me
when I
step away,
when I try
to forge
my own existence.
Turn me
toward you
so I
may walk
in the
same light
as you,
I pray.

Love, Andrea