Monday, September 18, 2017

Dear God,

We are always tempted to follow our own heart.  We forget there is a heart that beats harder and longer than our own.  One that is eternal.

When we listen to our own heart, we push away the sounds of the poor, the lonely, and the lost.  We want to tend to our own heart, our own wants, and our own needs.  When we focus on ourselves, we lose a piece of our selves, the piece of compassion, mercy, and understanding.  We become something we are not meant to become.

But when we listen for the heart of heaven, when we incline our ear toward the eternal, we hear not only the voice of God, your voice, O Lord, we hear the cries of your children.  Our hearts take on a new beat, the beat of love, kindness, and holiness.

Take our hearts
and remake them,
Loving Creator.
Make them anew.
Bless them
with faith,
love, and mercy.
Make us children
who care,
I pray.

Love, Andrea