Thursday, October 11, 2018

Dear God,

This week you blessed me so very well that my blessings are spilling over.  On Sunday and Monday you gave me opportunity to be with my 94-year-old aunt.  On Tuesday you provided me time with my grieving sister.  Today my sister, my favorite cousin who has a very serious heart condition and my 90-year-old aunt and I sat in my aunt's little apartment telling funny stories from the past.  To see Aunt Jodie awash with laughter was so wonderful.

I have longed for time with my beloved relatives!  I can remember so many beautiful stories about times with each of these loved ones.  Even though my aunts are bent over and can hardly walk, they are still beautiful to me.  They always included me in their lives and I always felt special. 

More than anything you helped my faith grow through these women.  I know their stories because they let me live inside some of their stories.  As I write this, I realize how you weave people into our lives binding us together.  You open us to growth, wisdom and love as you weave us together.  You make us one together and one with you.

Bless you,
Heavenly Father,
for the gift
of your love,
Thank you
for thinking
of us.
Thank you
for blessings
that overflow
from heaven
and back.

Love always, Andrea