Thursday, January 10, 2019

Dearest God,

A hundred times a day we have to decide whether our cup is half empty or half full.  We are capable of both, have been both.  When it is half empty we see through the lens of scarcity.  When it is half full, we peer through the glass of abundance.  One leads to moaning, groaning and complaint.  The other moves us to joy and gladness.

In daily life I have discovered so many hidden joys.  I like gray days because I like your all-encompassing palette of color.  When I embrace a gray day, I have opportunity to look for small joys.  Instead of making blue skies, yellow sun and white, puffy clouds my all-in-all, I am enabled to see smaller signs of joy like a beautiful red cardinal alight on a bare branch, the sight of a gentle breeze making willow trees dance and my own smile when I see one of my grandchildren.  Every day is full of hidden joys.

Faith inspires us to half to full cups.  Our loneliness can be dispelled by faith that helps us see our plenty.  Our want can be transformed to the gift where we are.  Our darkness can change to light by faith.  Every day.

Today I
choose joy
because I
choose you.
You show me
the way
to faith
and to
cups that overflow.
Please forgive
my decisions
to see less
and live less.
May I
reach for
the cup
containing you.

Love, Andrea