Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Dear God,

Oh, how sweet to find your loving presence in the morning.  As we stir and awaken to the warmth of our beds, the cool air around us and the sun starting to peek above the horizon, we can begin our praise and prayers of thanksgiving even before we rise up.

You show us your face daily.  You speak to us in the birdsong, the gentle breeze and the soft quiet in our homes.  If we listen closely and let faith have its way, we can hear angels and saints singing.  And we are invited to join in with this great throng of loving people.

We are only limited by our stubborn will, our resistance to focus on what we have instead of what we do not have and our scattered and varying thoughts that we do not clear in order to hear and see.  We want an instant God like instant everything else.  The psalmist teaches us to "Wait upon the Lord."  It is in waiting in the quiet, willing our minds and souls to calm that we find the great teacher and comforter, savior and friend.

Blessed are you,
Loving God,
for awakening us
to your voice
first thing
in the morning.
Teach us
the ways
to hear
and see you.
Make us
ready and
willing vessels
of your
loving presence.

Love, Andrea