Sunday, March 10, 2019

Dear God,

Faith awakens me every Sunday morning as I think about worship, gathering with pilgrim seekers and singing, praying and sharing together.  Something happens just knowing I will come into your presence with others.

I don't know why some have faith and others do not.  I do not know why some are receptive to faith and others not so much.  I don't know why some want God and others do not.  I do not know so many things.  What I do know is I cannot remember a time when I did not sense your presence.  I may not have known how to name you but I knew a sense of awe of something really big.  When I experienced my grandmother's love, it always seemed bigger than others, not that I didn't feel loved by others in my family but hers exhibited something more.  It was faith.

Holy God,
thank you
for faith
that somehow
makes the
world bigger.
For faith
that stretches us
beyond the known,
the familiar
and the world.
For faith
that brings holiness
to the simple,
ordinary and little.
Thank you,
Blessed God.

Love, Andrea