Thursday, February 14, 2019

Dear God,

You have the ability to weave our sorrow with joy, our fear with faith and our despair with hope.  If this were not true, we would remain in our pain, in our puddles and muddles and in our chaos.  You can create a new reality for us by interweaving all that is good with all that is bad, difficult or even evil.

How many times have you sown seeds of goodness into our great difficulties?  So many tell their stories of just how you did this.  You have certainly made a sweet garden from my own losses, disappointments, mistakes, fears and challenges.  I can look back on my breast cancer and what I see is your spirit causing me to soar to greater heights.  I reflect back on my divorce and can feel your arms of mercy holding me near the precipice.  I can remember the estrangement of my daughter and sense your amazing strength when all I wanted to do was die.

Every situation can be a moment of holy love that aids us in our time of deepest trial.

Holy God,
thank you
for blessing us
in deep,
dark times.
Thank you
for lifting us up
and holding us
until we
were ready
to climb down
into life
once again.
You are God,
an awesome God;
there is none
like you.
Blessed is your name!

Love always, Andrea