Saturday, October 27, 2018

Dear God,

I write to you not to talk about me but to lift you up, to share the ways in which I find you in every day life and to celebrate faith.  Who is holy but you, O Lord, who?

You give us the ability to create. You make us partners in creation.  You make the seed, the rain, the soil, the sunshine and the oxygen.  We simply dig holes, place the seed in the earth, push the soil over the seed, water and then let it go.  We aren't partners in the same sense.  You entrust us to do the work of creation.

As things grow, rise up from the dark womb and break through the crusty soil, faith has a chance to grow too.  When we see those first signs of new life, we know whose face we see.  We smile and give thanks.

So too a simple piece of colorful fabric can become a bib for an elderly aunt, a quilt for a sad child or a Christmas stocking for a needy family.  All this is possible because of you, Gracious God, you.

Thank you
for the gift
of creativity.
Thank you
for your trust
in us.
Thank you
for blessings
that grow
our faith.

Love, Andrea