Saturday, August 4, 2018

Dear God,

The path to faith takes us down strange paths of learning.  So often the path is winding and twisting.  Sometimes it is straight (not mine).  At other times it takes us to dead ends.  I must confess I hate dead ends; yet, there is much learning to be done on dead end streets.

There have been moments I have waited on the side of dead end roads.  There I was angry or sad but always bewildered and troubled.  "Why am I here?" I asked.  You have answered.  "Because you didn't listen." Or, "I gave you exactly what you asked for."  I really hate that answer.

There are times when you want to just sit with us in our muddled messes, in the dead-end situations in life.  You want to give us time to calm, to surrender and to breathe in the fresh air of your spirit.  You want to cleanse us inside out.  You want to stretch our minds allowing us space to release negative thoughts.  You want to help us release our tears so we can make more room for you.

Bless you,
Holy God,
for the blessing
of faith.
Thank you
for the paths
where we go.
Thank you
even for
dead ends
that always
lead somewhere new.

Love, Andrea