Saturday, January 6, 2018

Dear God,

Epiphany, the day celebrated by the wise ones visiting the manger where the savior lay.  I love this day.  I have held many wonderful dinners complete with crystal, china and silver.  Every time I read the story aloud, have a time of sharing and then pray.  What a wondrous event Epiphany is.

This special day always inspires me to consider what gift I would have brought, what gift I now bring.  I have no gold, frankincense or myrrh.  What I do have is a gift of faith and love.  I have faith because I believe.  I believe in your love for all the world.  I believe in grace, that lavish, loving, mercy-filled compassion that is available to all, regardless of condition, status, or belief.  I believe in love, that strange, mysterious phenomenon that transforms us.  I believe in you as the author of all such goodness.  I believe you are the creator who not only created and creates the unimaginable cosmos but also the one who creates in us daily.  I believe and I hope I return to the manger every day.

Bless you,
O Lord,
for your
magnificent spirit.
Thank you
for the power
that transforms.
Thank you
for love
that endures forever.

Love, Andrea