Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Dear God,

Our power rests in you, O Holy One.  When we feel helpless and despairing, your power can lift us up out of our muck and set us on firm ground.  There we can gain our bearings, feel your loving presence and support and start again.

My friend and colleague Bill has started over.  Fighting obesity for many years, he made the decision for surgery and 100 lbs. lighter, he is singing your praise.  He could not fight his own demons alone like all of us.  He leaned on you, trusted you to guide him toward health and healing and now he is living fresh and new.

Holy God,
thank you
for your
mighty power.
Thank you
for your compassion
that holds us
when we
can't hold ourselves.
Thank you
for accepting us
in every condition.
Thank you
for your mercy
that nudges us
toward wholeness.
Thank you
for your power
that is like
none other.

Love, Andrea