Thursday, January 30, 2020

Dear God,

I am beginning the process of transformation.  My 200-year-old window sills are in tatters.  Years of lead paint have built up, then broken down.  By environmental law I cannot sand them down.  I must add to in order to then sand, prime and paint.  The process of renewal is not an easy one.

Every time I work on one of my 33 windows I think of how it must be for you when you begin the work of restoration in us.  It must be even more difficult than window sills. We are not always willing creatures.  In fact more often than not we are resistant, belligerent and unwilling.  Yet you never give up on us.  You keep on keeping on because you know what is at stake.

As I looked over the latest window sill, I ran my hand over it and thought of you.  As I work on the sill, I pray you will work on me.

Remind us
of our
own need
for renewal
and restoration.
Teach us
to be malleable
in your hands.
I want
to be
this way
for you.

Love, Andrea