Friday, January 4, 2018

Dear God,

In this life we search for meaning.  We may have much or little but if we have no meaning, we are lost.

You show us the way to meaning, purpose and value.  As we look at a tree, you make us mindful of its great value.  It may provide shade or beauty or a place to sit but it also provides the meaningful value of thinking about its roots.  Roots that stretch and grow always searching for water and nutrients.

A simple tree can lead us to think of you and faith and the spiritual life because we too need water, living water and spiritual nutrients to not only survive but thrive.  Like the tree we too can provide beauty and a place of rest.  But we can also become a well of living water to thirsty souls around us.  Our lives can provide nourishment to hungry people in search for their own value and meaning.  We can point to you, author and creator of all that is good.

Blessed God,
we marvel
at your goodness.
We need you.
We need all
you have
to offer.
Really, we
are lost
without you.
You give
our lives
great meaning.
Daily remind us
to stretch
and grow
more and more
toward you.

Love, Andrea