Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Dear God,

The word in my circle of friends (theologians living and dead) is deep, depth, deeper.  No surface living wanted, accepted or needed.  Each morning as I read and listen, I realize how faith calls to us daily.  It is not a shallow call; it is one that comes from the deepest depths.

St. John of the Cross talks about walking into darkness without the affections of all we possess.  The psalmist shares about praising God with all our self.  Dietrich Bonhoeffer speaks about to be Christian is to live with the suffering Christ.  Carol Gura invites us to examine our connections, the deepest ones, of course.  I hear their stories, witness their faith and feel the tug, the pull of faith into deeper places.  I have to wonder if I even have the right to join with these faith-filled Christians.

Sink me deeper,
O Lord,
into the depths
of faith.
Cleanse me
from connections
to things,
possessions and practices.
Be my guide,
I pray.

Love, Andrea